Winter Wonderland

Man, it is slick out there! I have seriously thanked the Lord for keeping the the freezing rain away. All around Oklahoma there are people without power and/or stranded, let alone just outright cold. Personally, I have never seen anything like it. I have seen ice storms, high volumes of snow, and hefty amounts of sleet. What I haven't seen is two inches of sleet coated with a thick layer of ice. This stuff is so hard cars ar driving through our lot and not leaving any tracks whatsoever. It's so slick outside, one does not simply walk to their car, but we do a hybrid slide/waddle thing. It's not very attractive, really. Sara and I went sleding yesterday, and it was painful. Ice is not as forgiving as snow, mind you. Ice also has a tendency to help you pick up speed as you hurtle yourself down a hill. The problem is that all the hills we have here are at the top of a worksite. As we gather speed, we look for all the projecting plywood, 2x4s, and saw horses that one would normally try to avoid. I had in my head some bloody images as I flew down on a couple of passes. The only fun hill, was one next to our house. It was only about 4 foot high, but we regularly got about 60-75 feet of distance off of it.

It is very dangerous out there, if it doesn't change soon, I will be looking at some new footwear.