They predicted snow but let me tell you most people don't pay attention to the weatherman. It NEVER snows when they say it will. This time it was true. I was running errands and the flurries started. I got a text saying school was letting out 2 hours early. I remember rolling my eyes. Then I waited at the bus stop for an hour for Jake and his buddies to get home. Poor boys had been stuck on the bus for almost 2 hours. Brian had called and said he was heading home. Evidently so was everyone else in Atlanta...literally.
The snow kept pouring down and we had 2 inches in a couple hours. All of our neighbors were texting in. I know being stuck in cars for hours and hours is stressful but so is sitting at home helpless and worried...with a bunch of snow crazy kids. Not a day I would like to live over. Brian spent about 5 hours in his car and was at a stand still the last hour or two. Finally he parked his car on a side street and started to walk. Of course Brian didn't have a real coat, or a hat or gloves. Not really prepared for a 6 miles hike (uphill) in 20 degree weather. At least one nice person was walking with Brian. He was almost home so he offered Brian his coat, hat, anything he had on. Brian took the hat and was thankful for it!
A couple hours later a very cold and hungry Brian arrived home. He went straight to defrost in the shower and I heated up dinner. But the night was still young. Ours friends Heather and Troy across the street were stranded far from home and their kids were still at school. Brian and Andy (another friend down the street) hopped in his truck to rescue their kids. So about 10:30 Brian was in for the night. Our other friends and neighbors trickled in throughout the night but Heather across the street gave up and was offered a cot at a hotel. Which she gladly took.
So the next day the sun was shining. We were told not to go anywhere. Like we were going anywhere...we had snow to play in! Brian and a couple guys spent the afternoon picking up everyone's abandoned cars. But the morning we spent sledding and making snow angels!
We tried sledding down our front hill with a few different makeshift sleds. But the Decker's saved the day with a pool raft. Those kids were flying down the hill. And let me tell you the one who had the most fun was GRACE! Once she got that first run down the hill she was hooked. She toppled out of the raft and started up the hill, holding her little hand out for help. After she got up there she got herself in the raft to go again. She was not waiting her turn, I think she even pushed a few kids out of her way. It was hilarious!
I'll post a really short video on my YouTube site of her sledding. You can hear her say "weeeee." She is awesome.
So to recap. The snow fell Tuesday afternoon and school was dismissed early. Obviously no school on Wednesday. It was still pretty icy and cold Wednesday night, so no school on Thursday. And to just make sure all the parents went completely insane they cancelled school on Friday too. Again, we are talking about 2.5 inches of snow...I measured.
However, the kids playing in that snow, and the smiles and laughter was priceless!
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