The weather outside is frightful

And we lack a fireplace so yeah. A major storm rolled through at three this afternoon and it dumped on us. Brent landed but the busses are three hours behind and MIA so he's camping at the airport.

I went to leave work and didn't have on socks or a coat. Insert major blizzard to story. I couldn't brush the snow off fast enough to see out the window. After sitting in the car and seeing this




I had a little "this is nuts" moment trying to brush the ice out of my hair. Then I realized I couldn't see again and I looked like this:



But I immediately stopped taking photos when I remember the car beeping for gas this morning. Since it was lovely out and I was planning to just get gas before I had a nice outdoor run and hell, maybe even leave the door open and enjoy fresh air. Plans cancelled. I spent 30 min white-knuckled traveling, spinning, and anti-lock breaking to go 1.5 miles. All the while the car ticked to "0 miles to empty." Lovely. I was still a bit away (like .5 miles but prob 10 min) when I decided it was necessary to confess my situation to Brent. The two things I do that drive Brent the most crazy are chomp chips and let my car run to empty. Brent was starting his 2 hr outdoor wait for a bus that would never come but was kind and didn't chastise my terrible habbit since I think he could tell I was so nervous. I chose the gas station that was all downhill thinking it would be very easy to slide in if I ran out. I made it and filled up with 21 gallons. I think I have a 21 gallon tank. This was the view after I was relieved I wasn't going to break down.



I made it home to find the power off and Mattie hungry (some things don't change). All in all, I'm glad all 3 of us are safe and warm. I hope to see Brent tomorrow some time when the 5-10 inches stop coming down with gale force winds.

Oh man there are days I miss Austin weather.

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