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I'm supposed to go visit my parents this weekend in upstate New York, with Alex. I took Friday off from work. Because of family drama which I won't go into here, we won't be seeing my family at Christmas - this was going to be my opportunity to spend time with them.

They got hit with seven inches of snow today. We went out and bought Alex a pair of snow boots so she could frolic in the snow at Grandma's house. I worried a little bit about the drive, but figured if I took the long way around and stuck to the Interstates I would probably be fine.

My mother just e-mailed me this: ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING... [...] THIS NOR'EASTER IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY ON SUNDAY. [...] SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 FOOT OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE [...] A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE HEAVY SNOW IS A POSSIBILITY, BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. AT THIS TIME, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 INCHES OR MORE.

Sunday, the day we were expecting to drive back. Shit. And yet it's just a watch, not a winter storm warning. It could turn into anything, or nothing.

Do I go, and just figure that we might get snowed in and have to stay an extra day? If I don't go, the trip can't be switched to another weekend (due to the aforementioned drama issues). The visit would have to be postponed until God knows when.

I don't want to cancel, but a five-hour drive through potentially bad winter weather is nothing to just shrug off. Shit.

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[tendyl.livejournal.com]

We're headed to CT this weekend - assuming the weather cooperates. What we decided was to wait until noon to decide because then we could keep an active eye on the weather. We accept that we might get snowed in an extra day, but this is our holiday with my boyfriend and his wife. It might make a difference that Miles and I are very comfortable driving in the snow. I guess I value family enough that I'd try going unless it was currently snowing madly. The weather forecasters are often wrong. *sad smile* And to think I once wanted to be a meteorologist...