First Freshies in PA

Lake affect snow came to PA and blanketed us in freshies. At least where I live in south eastern PA. We woke up to a winter wonderland, but that's where the fun ended.

Getting to work Friday morning was a pain in the butt. The roads were icy and people were getting stuck going up hills and there were a lot of accidents. All roads leading from my house to the main highway that use to get to work were backed up. For some reason they didn't delay school either, so the school buses were also trapped in the traffic. One school bus actually slid of the road while going down a hill that also had a curve in the road. So, for parents who complain that schools call cancellations or delays too easily - take heed.

I knew I should have stayed home for an extra hour and just be late getting in, but there's something in my brain that tells not to late if I can help it, so off I went to fight the traffic. I creeped and crawled my way along with everyone else, had to go around one stuck expensive sports car whose tires were just spinning. Since it was taking me so long to go a couple of miles I decided to get gas and coffee. Apparently, I wasn't the only one thinking that since three cars in a row turned into the Wawa when I did. Once inside we all talked about the roads, being late, etc.

When I got back into my car I thought if it continues to take me this long to get the bypass, I should just get off and go to the Barnes and Noble, drink my coffee and wait for traffic to die down because all me and all of the other drivers are really doing is using up all of our gas idling on the highway creating a lot of concentrated pollution. I thought that, but like a lemming, I just stayed in place and got on the bypass. Finally, I arrived at the highway entrance and to my amazement, no one was on the highway going northbound, yeah! Southbound was actually closed, all lanes and traffic was backed up for miles, poor suckers. In all it took me an hour and twently minutes for my normally 25 -30 minute commute. Next time, I'm sleeping in and then heading out to fight the elements.

On the bright side -Big Boulder Ski resort in the Poconos had it's opening day on Thursday night. Free skiing too.