Snowstorm Shuts Down Schools; Teacher Gets Family Time

No journalistic objectivity here -- it's snowing! Hooray! The Madville Times loves snow! Winter has procrastinated and piddled around this year. November and December were mostly brown. I didn't wear my longjohns to work until January (hmmm... there are times when journalistic full disclosure maybe isn't necessary). We didn't really get enough snow on the ground for snowmobiling until the middle of this month. Even the somewhat worrisome snowstorm that came through last weekend wasn't all that bad -- I had some slip-and-slide on my way across Sioux Falls, but driving home from judging the Rushmore District National Qualifying Tournament in the wee hours Sunday morning, the visibility was fine, and the roads weren't too drifty.

Not so this fine day. Winter is finally doing its job, bringing the sort of disruption and adventure that snow days are all about. Montrose let the kids out shortly after lunch, and I followed themclosely out the door, driving home in full white-out conditions. After making into my driveway on the second pass (I scooted right by on the first), I couldn't see my house until I was within a hundred yards. Days like these make me a happy Jeep owner.

Snowfall has fluctuated since I got home. Nice fat flakes continue to pile up. The east wind has subsided, but I suspect that only means its getting ready to switch around to the north and really whip up trouble.

Some people hate the snow. But given my choice of weather events, I'll take the disruption of a good blizzard over any other kind of storm. Tornadoes, hurricanes, floods -- they're no fun! I can fight a blizzard with my shovel and my four-wheel drive... but I don't have to, not right now. I can sit on my couch, play with the baby, and watch the land and lake and sky disappear in the great soft white.

Oh yeah, and if this keeps up (and KELO's Scot Mundt just said today's snow is a precursor to the major storm coming tomorrow!), I'll have some more blogging time. Katarzyna and I both say "Hooray for snow!"