My mom spent a few days with us. It was one of those visits for alternative reasons - we had the chance to go to the mountains for the night and needed a sitter. So we brought mom down. She got here on Friday night the 13th, got to see Adam's basketball game and then spent quality time with the kids. The biggest adventure was getting her home as the aforementioned weather wreaked havoc with planes and automobiles. But she finally got home a day after she was supposed to.
Now let's talk about that weather. Monday the 16th we had freezing rain like I hadn't seen since I first moved here. It was not fun and I drove in it because we were still under the notion that mom's flight was leaving. By the time we got to the airport it was cancelled, they put her on another flight and we came home. That journey was full of adventures - constantly freezing windshield, my wiper coming off, driving with no wipers and using the fact that I'm a lady to get what I needed.
Tuesday the 17th we were covered in ice. Nothing was going anywhere. I worked from home and the kids were off from school. I was able to get mom to the airport and she eventually got out at 3:00. The temps didn't improve much, the sun didn't shine everywhere so what happened was the kids were out of school the whole week.
Finally we awoke to a lovely morning on the 23rd and the kids got to go to school. But it was short lived. Tuesday was some snow and ice so school was closed. Wednesday we were back to school but the BIG one was coming. Don't make me laugh. On Thursday, we awoke to about five inches of wet snow which melted by the end of the day. Unfortunately the temperature never got above freezing so all that water refroze and the kids were off on Friday.
Needless to say here we are - March 2 - and the kids are in school, the forecast is only calling for rain and there is still a portion of spring break intact. You gotta love the weather in North Carolina!
