I woke up around 7:30 Saturday morning and peeked out the window...there was a little accumulation of snow, nothing major, my car probably would have got stuck if I had tried to go anywhere, but thats cause my car just plain old sucks in the snow! So I went back to bed and woke up around 10:30, by that time we had quite a bit more snow! Sistafriend called and said she wanted to come over with the kids and hang out with us so that we could all be stranded together. By about 12:30 they arrived and were greeted by a massive snowdrift in our driveway, I am honestly amazed they made there way through!
Throughout the day the snow continued, and the snow drift in our driveway grew and grew and grew! Everything was closed or canceled throughout the day, plows were being pulled off the roads, airport was closed, city buses were called back in..it was pretty crazy!! We were joking that we were all going to be stranded, turns out the joke was on us, cause we ended up stranded! We made a lovely meatloaf for dinner, hung out and watched Christmas movies, did lots of looking out the window and just chilled at home. Around 9:00 pm I made the realization that we were almost out of toilet paper and there were 4 adults and 3 children at the house. Joe and Dre decided they were going to try to defeat the snowdrift and go to the store...please note that we pay an association fee, which includes snow removal, and at this point there had not been a single plow that had come through! This is what happened when Joe and Dre tried to leave. They realized quickly that they were not going anywhere and spent a good 30 minutes trying to get the truck back in the driveway.
Once they got the truck back where it belonged we decided it was time for the adults to play in the snow... it was much too cold outside for the kids, so they had to stay inside!
It was just insane how much snow was out there! Around 10 or 11 it became apparent that Michelle and Dre and the kids were going to need to spend the night, so we pulled out the pack-n-play and the air mattress, this is what I woke up to on Sunday morning...the after blizzard party:
We made a lovely breakfast Sunday morning, but realized our resources were slowly dwindling... we were almost out of toilet paper, milk, bread, eggs and pretty much everything else! And the snow plows had STILL not come through. I think Dre and Michelle were getting sick of us, so they called up a friend to come help them out of our driveway. Their friend arrived in a massive pickup truck with tow hooks, they hooked up Dre's truck and started pulling.... unfortunately a bolt or something broke, the tow hook appeared broke and they got a great big crack in their bumper, but they were desperate to get free, so they tried again!
And they were finally freed!
After they got out, they agreed to come back with some necessary supplies for us, as there was no way either one of our vehicles were getting through. A little while after they left the bobcats came to plow us out, and it was the most glorious sight!!
Snowmaggedon will not easily be forgotten, I just hope it doesn't happen again anytime soon!!
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