We woke this morning with several inches more snow, and it just keeps coming down. Thankfully Dave had several staff agree to work double shifts last night, so he didn’t have to go cover a shift. But now he had to go in, with or without his truck. He ended up trudging to work in the freezing wind, wrestling through some snow banks up to 6ft (courtesy of snowplows). It took him almost an hour to walk 1.3 miles, but thankfully he made it safely. I hope he can find someone with 4-wheel-drive to give him a ride home tonight.
I snuck outside to take pictures during the girls’ nap this afternoon. Probably not the smartest move, since I sank up to my waist in snow a few times, but I was sick of taking pictures from the windows, and cabin fever makes you do stupid things! J Gresham has had 17 inches of snowfall in the past couple of days, and 5 inches today (it’s the wind that makes it pile up so high around our neighborhood). The weather man says this is the most snow Portland has had in 40 years. Unfortunately, the forecast doesn’t offer any signs of it letting up anytime soon. That means we will most likely be snowed in until Christmas. Good thing I stocked up on diapers, TP and groceries!
We had put together a box of groceries and Christmas goodies for a family we know that’s struggling, but now I wonder if we’ll be able to get it to them in time. It’s also a bummer because we know we won’t be able to drive down to my parent’s house for Christmas. We may have to put off our visit until the weekend or longer, depending on how soon this clears up. Still, we’re warm and well stocked up, and still have power, which is more than a lot of families right now. I’ve been enjoying chatting with other snowed-in friends on Facebook (commiserating about surviving cabin fever with kids), which is wonderful, even though we can’t visit in person. Nothing like the internet to bring people together when they’re most isolated!
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