This is what the weather at home looks like right now....by the end of the day and through tomorrow there is supposed to be 6-16 inches of snowfall...nothing short of a blizzard.
Originally I had planned to drive home Thursday because I was going to be available to work for at least half a week (I had already asked off all of last week for finals and didn't want to take too much time off). However, my bosses are great and are always trying to help us out and my boss knew I was going home and gave me the whole week off, so nice huh?! I was super excited; I would go to work Sunday morning, the employee party Sunday night, and leave for Gruver this morning. I had been watching the weather for Thursday all week this last week and then last night I thought to myself, "Oh, I'd better check what the weather will be doing tomorrow when I drive home." I got on and saw all of the blizzard and whiteout warnings and then decided I would call my dad to see what he thought this morning. There's probably no way I would make it safely home until Wednesday even if I left Austin today--I would run into huge snow about four hours from home. Sometimes I forget how different the weather is in the Panhandle; the people that don't think that it snows in Texas have obviously only been to the south--I'd think that if I'd only ever lived in Austin. It snows like every six years here; they canceled school last year because there was maybe an inch of snow on the ground that was melted by noon, people at home would have laughed, I know I did. I'm a little bitter at the moment, but I'll get over it; I was just excited to get to spend an extra couple days with my family, but I know and so do they that it isn't worth it--I would get stuck, stranded, or in a wreck; those things are like inevitable during a whiteout. I'm planning on going to Dallas and seeing my grandmother tomorrow then leaving Wednesday morning for home.
I'm only annoyed with the snow because it's cold and preventing me from getting home today, any other time I'm usually pretty giddy about it snowing. It makes for perfect Christmas weather-- our fireplace going, my dog in my lap, all while watching a movie with my dad. I am super happy to get to spend some time with my family, and when I get there, I know I will be completely fine with the snow. Honestly, I can probably count on one hand the times I have been home and it hasn't snowed at Christmas. So while it is drizzling and nasty here, Wednesday (knock on wood) I will be home with these wonderful people:
Enjoying every part of our White Christmas!
