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We Made It: Polar Vortex 2019!

We survived Winter Storm Jayden! For as miserable as it was, I expected a tougher name than that. Like Vlad or Norse or...something other than a sweet name that conjures up images of happy little babies. Cuz there was nothing sweet or happy about that bitterly cold weather!

The weather that we just survived broke records across several states. School was closed for four days, the post office suspended service for one day, and I think a lot of businesses encouraged their employees to stay safe and work at home, if possible. That’s what I did. I didn’t leave my house from Saturday evening until Thursday morning. I worked from home, with both kids with me, for three days, and I thought I was going to lose my mind. They were both good during that time, but there wasn’t any great way to burn off energy. They were bored, and G was a bit rambunctious by the end of each day, and was literally bouncing off of furniture. So, when the 4th day of school was cancelled, we came up with an alternate plan, and we all went to separate locations. It was so nice to get out and see my co-workers again.

Throughout the week, I was terrified that our heat would go out, or our pipes were going to burst. I let the faucet run at a trickle over night, kept the curtains closed for three days (yeah, that really helps with the cabin fever...sigh,) and kept the furnace at a consistent heat setting. Yet, we still had frost coming in through our trim and “growing” on the wood work. Crazy!

Here's a gradual succession of the temps dropping as time went on...50 below with wind chill! Whaaaat?!






But, that’s all passed now, and we’re sitting at a balmy 36 degrees...above zero! The snow is melting, and it’s weirdly foggy. During this past week, all I keep thinking about was the movie “The Day After Tomorrow” where most of North America freezes over, and people flee to Mexico to survive. With the way things are going now, politically, I’m not really sure that Mexico would let us in!

With so many days of solitude this week, we didn’t do much. Last night we went out for a yummy dinner, and I saw one of my coworkers from my last job, so that was a fun little surprise. Today we’re going to stay in, work on the house, and enjoy the day/Super Bowl game with my parents. And if we need to step outside for any reason, we can. It won’t freeze our faces off!

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