the_oracle

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! SNOW IS COMING!!

I need you to understand my level of excitement. It's on par with a third grader who is just about to experience their first snowfall and cannot wait. They BELIEVE like that belief alone will bring the snow and dammit, it's gonna.

That's me. But amplified by the power of someone who really doesn't fucking wanna go to work tonight. :P

I'm quite sure that if I moved somewhere where snow was a more regular occurance, I'd be less giddy about the prospect, but dude, I've been anticipating this snowfall for two weeks. The sheer number of people who have said it's not gonna snow has been just mind boggling. I get it, our part of the ice storm last week never materialized but they've (forecasters) never wavered on today's snow happening. It's only been a question of when and on this, I choose to believe. I NEED a snow day.


Now, I need to nap because otherwise I will be too tired to enjoy my wintry mix before it turns into a gale. Anyone wanna bet on whether or not work calls me or I have to call them? And if I do have to call, will anyone answer?


EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeee!

(to anyone getting snow who doesn't want it, I'm so very sorry.)

So, Icepocalypse '26 didn't do anything here. For days they were calling for freezing rain overnight Saturday into Sunday, but then maybe midweek they walked that back saying models had shifted it just enough that the coast *should* be fine, but anything further inland than _they'd keep moving the goalpost here_ should probably stay the fuck home. Thing is, one of those goalposts is basically a hop, skip, and a jump away from my place. And I cross *counts* three bridges and a couple of overpasses to get to work, and I know the one on the island freezes over before everything else due to the snowstorm back in, uh... fuck, I dunno, 2018? Did that year have one? Whatever year it snowed before I got off work and everything froze over in record time and I got to be told for the second time in my life that no, it wasn't snowing/going to snow when I could see the snow falling as they assured me that no, it wasn't.

Anyway, it didn't help that every time I checked, the forecast had changed yet again and basically just seemed to be "we don't fucking know, man."

To be clear, I was not expecting anything big, but freezing rain + a city that is not accustomed to anything remotely involving winter means my ass would be staying home and enjoying chips and cheese.

I did not stay home and enjoy chips and cheese. It did rain, apparently pretty hard, on this side of the city, but at work? Maybe the faintest whisper of drizzle at some point. Luckily nothing froze and people did stay home just in case (though lord, did they send the third party shoppers out in full force).


It's currently cool and foggy as fuck. I'm going to go peek outside for a bit to stretch my legs but since I can't find my blue sweatshirt, I'm gonna keep it short.

Saturday is still calling for snow. :D I just need it to figure out if that means Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun. It's supposed to be fuuuuuuuuuuuuuucking cold all week overnight, too.

I hope the Icepocalypse was kind to you!


Future!me, next time you've volunteered to make dinner, don't go home and pass out. It seems like a very smart idea, but you always wake up and feel like absolute SHIT and this does not go away.