So…Tuesday. Oh, Tuesday. The day started normally with a weather forecast for cold temps and maybe a “light dusting” of snow. The flurries started at 9:00 – so fun! – but then it just kept coming. Susan had taken the boys to the library but then came home early when the weather started to get bad. By 10:40 she was on her way home and Robert left his office as well. That’s when the adventure began! The roads got really bad, really fast. Robert’s office is at the top of a hill and he didn’t even make it down the hill before slipping and sliding everywhere and eventually getting rear-ended. He then got into the parking lot of Target at Brookwood Mall, bought some boots, gloves and a hat and took off on foot. An hour and approximately 4 snowy miles later we were VERY glad to see this coming up the driveway…
Go USA and go Dad!
Unfortunately, many were not as lucky as Robert and didn’t make it home – Susan included! As I’m typing this Monday night, Susan is stranded at the Birmingham Country Club! From the reports I have read on Facebook it’s been a total snowpocalypse – cars abandoned on the side of the roads, wrecks everywhere, people sitting on interstates for hours, children stranded at the junior high and high school. What a mess! The main problem was that the meteorologist didn’t predict this so no one was prepared. Kids went to school this morning and then, at 10:30, they announced school was closing at 10:45. By that point, the roads were already virtually impassable. By 2:00 we had 3 inches of snow on the ground and everything looked like a (dangerous!) winter wonderland!
I am just so grateful that Robert made it home, fender bender or not! I’m also so, so grateful that I ended up taking Maxwell up to the doctor on Monday so I wasn’t either trying to get him up to the doctor yesterday or stuck at home with a super sick kid and no way to get medicine for him. I will say, after only 2 days on amoxicillin he’s already feeling worlds better. Yay!
With everyone happily safe at home, we all bundled up and got out to play in the snow!
I took tons of pics with my real camera so will get those up soon. It was a stressful, eventful and ultimately fun day!
What a day! Glad the boys had a chance to play in the snow but so sorry for all the problems this snow caused! What a trooper Robert is and thank goodness for Target! Go USA!
Steph: Robert’s gloves CRACK ME UP!!!! So glad Team Brown is safe & sound! And I agree with you…I give the B’ham forecasters a big fat F!!! Why in the world did they have school & daycare?! It took me 2 hours to get to daycare (normally a 10 minute drive) and John was on the phone with me from NYC most of the time coaching me on how to drive in this mess, then on the way home we ended up leaving my car at my aunt’s house and walking the last mile home…actually, JV made me carry him home. The things we do for love 🙂 But, my story pales in comparison to most. What a day!!
Oh, goodness! So sorry to hear about your day. At least the day ended with some fun in the snow. Hope everything goes well tomorrow! Xoxo.