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!!