Winter Wonderland

Blustery and cold. And, get this - snowing! It's been snowing since early this morning, and unlike most Portland snow it's actually sticking. The high for today was 31, and it's only supposed to get colder from here on out until next week. Crazy!

As beautiful as it is to have snow, I'm bummed it couldn't hold off for just one day. There's a wedding reception I wish I was attending in Newberg right now. And Sarah and I were heading there when we found out that the Oregon department of transportation is requiring chains on all highways.

So, since I don't have chains (and by the way I wouldn't have used them anyways since there is neither ice nor enough accumulated snow on the roads and it would have ruined my tires), and since we can't drive into Newberg without using a highway, Sarah and I went back home. (Well, techincally, we could have taken one of the back roads over a huge hill... but that just wouldn't have been smart since it's often slick when there isn't snow).

Anyways, I suppose I'm still venting about the seemingly over-paranoid weather measures around here. And really, even though I'm used to driving on snowy roads after years of it in Colorado, I am concerned about sharing roads with all the other people who really can't handle driving it or who think their 4-wheel drive makes them invincible. Scary thought.

Now that I'm home wrapping presents and writing Christmas cards as I sit in front of the cozy fire in the living room with the roommates, I'm sort of secretly hoping work is cancelled tomorrow. I'm still recovering from a cold, and tomorrow night is our Townhouse Christmas (since the three of us are going to be out-of-town with our families on Christmas Day). It would be nice to have all the time I want to leisurely cook the gourmet Christmas dinner I have planned... sigh. I guess we'll see what happens through the night and tomorrow morning...