Saturday, January 23, 2010

WEEKEND ON ICE

Sometimes being “On Ice” or “Iced” is a good thing: Disney on Ice, Holiday on Ice, iced tea, iced sugar cookies . . .

But this morning, with the world outside my door on ice, it means changing weekend plans.

No trip to the Cities.

No basketball game with Shannon.

No fish and chips at Cooper’s.

No visit to my sister.

I’ve been up for two hours and have only seen one vehicle drive past my house: a sanding truck that sprays a little swoosh of sand by all the stop signs so that cars have a fighting chance at coming to a halt instead of sliding through the intersections.

Even if I could safely exit my front door and step out onto my welcome mat . . .


And even if I could safely back my car out of the driveway . . .



There’s still this . . .

I see one brave soul out walking, taking tiny little baby steps with arms outstretched, like a tight rope walker teetering precariously on a narrow wire. Where in the world does he need to go so desperately that he’s willing to risk a broken neck? A fractured hip? A concussion? He must be a neurosurgeon on the way to save someone's life or a trekker practicing for an excursion to the North Pole. It's a good day to stay home and keep the dent-free car in the garage. And it’s definitely an on-the-treadmill 2 to 4 miles today.

The weekend is officially “on ice,” literally and figuratively. Disappointing. But it's definitely a weekend to hunker down and hibernate.

5 comments:

Elaine said...

Sounds dreadful.

bd said...

As long as we can have electricity (heat, lights etc) I'm good:-)

2to4aday said...

Elaine: Once you decide you're going to stay where you are, it's kind of an adventue.

bd: I agree--the power lines are coated with ice, and now it has started to snow (that heavy, heart-attack, sticky snow that makes wonderful snowmen). If we can just keep our power, I will be happy.

Anonymous said...

Welcome to the world we have been in the last week - it warmed up yesterday afternoon and the ice came off the trees and today it is only raining. What will tomorrow bring? I walked from the garage to the house sprinkling ice melt ahead of me and made it as I had to go to work Thursday. We lost electricity for 4 hours Wed. night and turned the fireplace on right away and stayed warm. ejb

Cindy said...

Our ice is finally gone! After a heat wave of 37 yesterday and some rain last night! But, still no sun. How I miss our long lost sun!