Snow doesn’t usually accumulate in Wichita.<\/p>\n
A snowstorm means snow flies, people get in accidents, and the streets are clear within an hour.<\/p>\n
At least, that’s the way it usually<\/i> is.<\/p>\n
This week, though, Wichita experienced a Nebraska-quality snowstorm.<\/p>\n
We got several inches Wednesday afternoon–which meant most of our appointments were no-shows. I e-mailed my family telling them of the snowstorm around four–and then kicked myself when I walked out of the office at five to find the streets clear.<\/p>\n
I left my boots at Daniel’s house that evening. After all, the streets and the skies were clear as of two Thursday morning.<\/p>\n
When I walked up the stairs Thursday morning, ready for work, the woman I live with asked me if I was sure I still had to work. <\/p>\n
I was a bit confused until I looked out the door. In the six hours since I’d last looked, we’d gotten six inches.<\/p>\n
Nena was kind enough to help me clear my car (meaning that I only soaked my stockings up to my knees, but left my clothes themselves relatively dry). I slipped and slid and spun my tires a bit on the way out the driveway. <\/p>\n
I got to my training a half-hour late–but I did make it, as did one other participant. I couldn’t tell whether my eye doctor was still open based on the message on their phone, so I geared up to go at the appropriate time, only to find that I was STUCK.<\/p>\n
It took about 20 minutes to get myself free–digging out my tires, placing a carpet underneath them, rocking forward and then back before finally getting enough traction to move a couple of feet. Digging myself out again, repositioning the carpet, etc. <\/p>\n
Once free, I drove across town to find the eye doctor closed. Big surprise there.<\/p>\n
It turned out no one could get into our clinic. Since it’s attached to a school and the schools had a snow day, we had no one to unlock the door. <\/p>\n
Rather than returning to the Main clinic for the second half of the day, I went to Daniel’s and took a nap (and then made supper, did laundry, helped Daniel with some data entry for a project, organized cleaning supplies, and cleaned the toilet.)<\/p>\n
Over the afternoon, we got a third snowfall–another three or four inches maybe. Daniel cleared my car before I went home–and thankfully, we haven’t gotten anymore.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, it is cold and wet today. We actually have accumulation. The streets are piled with snow that is only just beginning to be packed down by slowly emerging drivers. <\/p>\n
And, a curious young client looked carefully at my pantyhose this morning before proclaiming, “You can’t wear THAT! It’s SNOWY outside.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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