Snow!

it snowed all day yesterday. we didn't get out of school, which was actually good in the long run, because i had forgotten to bring my house key to school with me. and who knows if Joel had his with him. but all of us juniors were freaking out during the school day because the majority of us haven't had any experience driving in the snow. oh, and for those of you who live in places such as New England, or Wisconsin...or Canada, i'm so sorry i sound like such a wimp. but you should remember that we are not used to snow. and since this is the first major snow of the season, many people forgot how to drive in the snow.

anyways, i had to go to piano lessons, which is in the next town. fortunately, i had the van, so i felt more confident in a large vehicle. so i left as soon as i got myself ready after school. i still got there 15 minutes early. driving there wasn't too bad. i quickly found out that a good rule of thumb is to just drive at a speed you're comfortable with, even if it's ten mph under the speed limit. the only difficulty i had was determining where the yellow line in the middle of the road was. but then i figured that probably didn't matter too much, seen how i could tell where people had been driving on that particular road.

so i got through piano lessons, went out to scrape the van off before heading to the credit union. it's part of my wednesday routine. the credit union is in the same area as my piano teacher's house, so i go to the credit union after piano lessons because it's just efficient. going there it was a little worse. it had started to get dark, and i guess some workplaces had let out early, because it seemed that rush hour was beginning a half an hour early.

i was the only one at the credit union, but that was nice because that meant no lines. actually, there's never any lines when i go to the credit union. i didn't have any checks to cash, but i had a whole lot of tips to add to my electronics fund.

going home was very painful. it took me 45 minutes to get from the credit union to home. my leg got quite the work out with keeping it still over the break just in case i needed to use it. most of the time i was going anywhere between 5 and 10 miles per hour. thank goodness for WJTL though, because i listened to Kristi Leigh the entire way home. that helped make the long trip bearable. i didn't go the speed limit on any of the roads until i got in town, because in town the road were fine. they were just slippery, so it was just as if it rained on it.

when i got home, Dad helped me park the van, and then he cleared all of the snow and ice off of it. my parents told me that if there's another wednesday when it's snowing and i go to piano lessons, i should take one of the highways home, because they would be the clearest. so i'll remember that next time. it's just that i've never gotten on a crowded highway either. goodness, i have a lot to complete.

so we have a two hour delay this morning. so i'm off to work more on physics and trig.