Kami mentioned this past week, "Wouldn't it be great to have one last big snow storm where we were stuck at home and couldn't leave the house....we could make hot chocolate and wrap ourselves in our blankets to stay warm!" She even went so far as to tell Madame Claire that she would pray for more snow...............well.............Yesterday we woke up to a snow storm with winds gusting over 40 MPH and lots of snow and sleet. I thought we could manage bundling up and driving real slow to our French class. We loaded up the van with everyone at 8:20 (our classes start at 9 and it is only a 15 minute drive but we wanted plenty of time to drive slowly). We skidded and slid through our neighborhood and ran into a traffic jam as people were sliding all over the roads. I kept having to clean our mirrors just to be able to see. We slid through two stop signs and after 40 minutes stuck in bumper to bumper traffic, we had only made it half way to our destination. I told Kami to call Madame Clair and to let her know that we were turning around, it was just too dangerous. I turned onto a side road that would be able to get us back to our house, but failed to remember that it is a road that is uphill...let's just say that we almost slid back down the hill in our van and finally made it to the top sliding sideways. What a mess it was out there.
Well, today, we are still stuck at home. The winds are gusting over 60MPH and it was snowing this morning. Madame Claire called us and said for us to stay home as local schools are closed and the city was shutting down some of the roads. Kami has just one problem.....she did not have the faith to stock up on hot chocolate nor any sugar. We have no way of making any hot chocolate!
