What a day!

Well we knew it was going to be bad. I just didn't realize it was going to lead to me being Mrs. Cranky-Pants this morning. The storm hit in the middle of the night and continued for at least three hours. How do I know you ask? Simple! Chico.

We let the dogs sleep in the house instead of out on the porch because it was supposed to be so cold. Our adorable border collie pup decided he didn't like the thunder and practically headbutted me every time it thundered if my hand wasn't where he could snuggle it. I slept off and on during the storm until he left me alone. Last time I looked at the clock it was 2AM.

Cue Cody's cell ringing The Ring of Doom (that's what I call it secretly in my head) 45 minutes later. He got to start his day REALLY early! Someone wrecked and he was off to help them out. As he was finishing up I started having Braxton Hicks Contraction (BHC), which SUCK by the way. Waved him off to help the unfortunate idiot who decided to drive in this weather. I walked around for a good 25-30 minutes because every time I laid down I had another BHC. Eventually I got to go back to sleep around 330-ish. The entire time I was dealing with them I kept thinking "Really? You want to do this now? I don't think so kid."

It seemed that as soon as I closed my eyes Cody called me to get me out of bed so I could make it into work (it was really 630 I was just flipping exhausted from the long night). So after grumpily getting ready I headed to work at a whopping 25-30mph until I hit the County line, then I cranked it to 40 because it wasn't as bad. I was probably going 55-60mph 6 miles outside of Menard because Menard didn't get hit with this storm hardly at all.

Day was pretty easy, I had already planned to be out today just in case the roads were impassable in the morning, so it was a "follow the subplans and take it easy" kind of day. Cody called right before lunch, and yes I answered the phone in front of my students. You can fire me if you want, he NEVER calls when I'm at work and it made me worry. So Cody tells me that it's getting WORSE in Concho, snowing and in some places there is 2 inches of ice on the road. He also tells me that at one point going to a wreck he was running lights and sirens but couldn't go faster than 20mph without turning sideways and the Game Warden who has 4 wheel drive couldn't go faster than 30mph. I took that as my cue to tell my principal "I'm going to head home since it's getting worse and it doesn't look like it'll be better tomorrow morning so I probably won't be here tomorrow either." They practically kicked my pregnant butt out the door (because of the weather, they're all very motherly to me when it comes to my being pregnant).

So I was home by 115, I left Menard at 1240. The drive usually only takes me 20 minutes. I had people FLYING passed me like there wasn't visible ice on the ground. Idiots.

Anyway just had to share, I'm off to be productive in my house.