Obsession With the Weather

I have to admit it - I've been obsessed with the weather lately. We've had 2 weeks of snow, ice, blizzards, and below freezing temperatures. I've snarled, griped, whined, moaned and complained. I know it doesn't change anything - the weather is still going to be bad. I think what it is with me, is fear. It really does scare me to be driving in it. I feel confident in my ability to drive, I feel confident in Larry's ability. We drive slow when needed, and park it when needed. We do all we can to be safe.
But there's always the unknown - that patch of black ice around the corner, or breaking loose going down a snowy hill. There's the car in front of me that just did 2, count them, 2 - 360's right in front of me. Or the ice built up on the windshield so bad that we need to pull over to scrape it off.
Usually by February I've driven in enough bad weather that I'm over the jitters and get through the spring nonsense just fine, but this year is proving to be very difficult. Maybe I'm getting too old for this, or maybe I've just seen too many trucks jack-knifed, in the median, in the ditches, and being hauled away this last month and have had enough for one season.

And maybe it's spring fever.

Needless to say, I was excited to get home this time - only to be met by - you got it - snow. Living in western Washington significant snowstorms are a little unusual for this time of year, and the fact that the snow stayed on the ground for 3 days is also unusual. I'm happy to say that today it is raining and that the snow is melting. And we are going back to work tomorrow. The forecast for next week for the upper United States? You got it, snow and cold. I can only pray to the dispatch gods to send us South!!

At Least It's Warm

Another day of sitting in the truck waiting for a load. At least we are in Southern California, where it's windy but the sun is warm and we can do away with coats and jackets for awhile. I'm not feeling too bad about the wait today, because according to the weather report it is snowing and cold on our route to Ohio. We'll just wait until things move out, thank you.
We try our best to avoid the storms, and we actually can do it to some extent. However, despite all our efforts, we still ended up going through 2 major storms this last week. I don't want to have to admit this, but I slept through both of them, because it was my sleep time, and it was Larry's turn to drive. So, I heard the stories the next morning, and gasped and oohed aahed appropriately. I mean, I went to bed with a starlit sky, and woke up to sunshine. Not that I didn't believe him. The evidence of snow and ice, and sand from the sand trucks, still covered much of the truck and trailer. But it was nice to be oblivious, snug under the covers. In a way it also means that I trust him and I trust his driving, and I am grateful that he got me through it safely,