Waiting for the Snowpocalypse.

[rivka]

It's not supposed to snow like this in Maryland. And yet here we are, waiting for our second two-foot snowfall of the season. (Michael has dubbed it Snowpocalypse II: Electric Boogaloo.)

I am at work, but not for long. Our nanny came for a few hours this morning, but both of us agreed that we'd like to be home before the blizzard conditions start. Baltimore City schools are closing at 11:40, so she'll have to pick up her kid by then, so I'll have to get home to my kids before that. (Why did I come in to work at all? If you had ever been snowed in for the weekend with two vocal and demanding small children, you wouldn't have to ask. A couple of hours of quiet and self-directed adult activities = priceless.)

I went to the grocery store yesterday morning, before the panicked rush. We have bread and milk and eggs and toilet paper (French toast emergency!), as well as plenty of fruit, various staples, diapers and baby wipes, and enough meat for 5 days of dinners. We have a bag of salt for the front steps, shovels, snow gear, hot cocoa mix. I have laid in a stock of trashy mystery novels from the library. We have plenty of household tasks to keep us occupied, like moving into our new study.

Let it snow.

Comments

[eeyorerin]

I'm starting to think Baltimore should enter the Golden Snowball Awards contest, as you're certainly getting more snow than some places in upstate NY right about now.

[kate_nepveu]

Awesome icon.

(I'm outside of Albany NY and my husband is on his way out of DC even as we speak, having moved his flight up a day--and you bet it's weird for him to be coming to _Albany_ to get away from snow in _DC_ . . . )

[matthewwdaly.livejournal.com]

Speaking as a Rochestarian, I tip my tuque to Baltimore no matter how the rest of the season pans out. Even though we've had our usual lot of snow, it's always been just a few inches at a time. I'm not quite sure if we've even had a snow day yet.

And I heard on the news that Lake Erie is frozen over, so beating Buffalo is not out of the question.

[eeyorerin]

Yeah, over here in Buffalo we've got snow, but we haven't gotten the huge dramatic dumpings of snow that Baltimore has. Nothing super closing-worthy except in the traditional lake effect belts, which are actually way south of Buffalo.

I do kinda cheer for Lake Erie to freeze over, because lake effect is such a pain.

[moobabe.livejournal.com]

I heard there was a FISTFIGHT over food at our grocery store. Could be exaggeration, but still. This weather brings out The Crazy.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

I am forced to admit that when I read "various staples" I thought of the small pointy metal things that are used to fasten papers together.

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Years ago in the days of typewriters and carbon paper an ex-boyfriend idly reading my chequebook stubs said "I know you get through a lot of them, but I had no idea you spent this much on staples -- does that include staplers?"

He was quite disappointed when I explained.

[kcobweb.livejournal.com]

's company is DC-based, so he is getting his second snow day of the season. Here, the forecast is 30 degrees and sunny.

[wcg.livejournal.com]

The center director just declared a code red condition for Goddard, effective 1:00 p.m. We were already code blue (liberal leave) but code red means all non-essential personnel must go home. Then next week we all get to file modified time sheets, since they have to be signed and turned in on Friday morning.

[bosssio.livejournal.com]

Liam wants to know "why is it snowing" And I told him "snow is rain when it is very cold. If it were warmer, we would be having a big rainstorm". He wants to know if he can play outside, not now, but at 4pm. Very precise about the time. A friend is coming over to be snowed in with us.

[ratphooey.livejournal.com]

Snowpocalypse II: Electric Boogaloo has totally made my day! Thank you for sharing that.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

National Weather Service is now forecasting up to 30". I can hear the plow out in our parking lot/street. I'm disabled and can't walk in snow and it sometimes turns to packed ice before they can get it out, so I stock up for two months most winters. The local NBC weatherguy said in October that this would be a stormier winter than usual, so I've got two and a half months-worth of everything.