Happy New Years!

Happy New Year!

We were so excited when we touched down in Providence on the 29th to see that all the snow from our disastrous travel attempts had melted. I am no longer enamored with snow. Quite frankly I would like it to just leave us alone...at least until it can agree to no longer mess with my travel plans. ::raises fists to the clouds::

Anyhoo, in typical New England fashion, the snow could care less that I'm annoyed and came again in full force on New Years eve. I was happily working away until I realized it was lunch time. I was faced with 2 choices. 1. Drive in the snow to get lunch or 2. Starve. Seeing that hungry Shan= cranky Shan, I decided that a little snow would not stand between me and my next meal. Even though there was blizzard outside, I bravely walked out to my semi buried car. From there you can probably guess what happened. I drove out of the parking lot and promptly slid off the road. OOPS. ::smacks head:: Ok, ok, not smart. Luckily I was able to maneuver my car into another parking lot about a quarter mile from my company. Lunch was no longer important. There I waited patiently, shaking my head for my stupidity, waiting for my sweet husband to come rescue me. He is such a hero.

By the time Todd arrived and had dug both me and my car out of the snow (he really is a hero)work had called to say they had closed due to weather and we were free to go home. Phew. So we ditched my car and headed back to our house. Along the way, shocked that I risked death for food, Todd decided to give me a snow driving lesson. He went over the basic rules of stopping, speed, what to do in a slide and then pulled over to let me demonstrate my newly learned skills. I was ready. Well unfortunately the lesson turned out to be brief for after sliding through the first stop sign I was promptly declared unqualified to drive in the snow. Oops. ::looks at scared hubs::

Once Todd recovered and took back the driver seat we safely made it home and decided to spend New Years there this year. After all, snow is much more pleasant (read: safe) when you are sipping on a glass of wine in your warm home with your cute hubs (he's such a hero).

Hope everyone had a great New Years!