Thursday
There was the threat of snow
for the late afternoon, roughly around 4pm, so we all knew it was coming. Well…about
11am it was starting to hit WAY sooner than they anticipated. It started out
just flurries for the longest time, not too big of flakes. So about 1pm I
finally look out my window to see the flakes are still a constantly flurry, but
I see that there is a good inch and a half on the ground already…WHAT?! What
got me excited about this snow was I could tell it was dry powdery
Eastern/Central Oregon type of snow! Snow you’d find on the mountain, not usual
western Oregon wet snow. It was reminding me of the winters in La Grande and
the memories. So I made the choice to finish up work and leave about 3pm was my
goal, well at 2:30pm, it was worse so I left then and BOY was I glad that I
did. The roads weren’t packed with people yet but it was already dicey out! I made
it home in about 15 minutes, which was great considering I was expecting at
least 20-30 minutes. I spent the rest of the day watching it come down and
before I knew it about 7pm, there was about 4 inches on the ground, it was
crazy beautiful!
Lucy on her 'perch' watching the kids play! She sat here for hours.
Friday
The gym was closed due to the
school districts being closed and OHSU was on inclement weather policy, which
means that if you have no direct animal or patient care, to not come in and
leave your residence. I only live 2 miles from the Primate Center, but there
wasn’t much for me to do, so I kept my email on and watched TV, movies, took
Lucy out for a few walks since she oddly loves the snow! Watched the kids play
in the snow and build snowmen and make hills to sled in, walked to get the mail
and also walked up to get coffee with my friend Katie who lives in the complex
as well. Came home and watched Dallas Buyers Club which was Phenomenal!!!! MM
and Leto both deserve their Oscars that they are nominated for, it was done
brilliantly. I got some awesome photos of the girls having fun in Scappoose
where they got over a foot of snow. Lee came over and we had some drinks and
watched the Blazers lose in OT which should have never happened. I went to bed
early as I was up early in case I had to get into work.
My beautiful nieces having fun in the snow in Scappoose
Saturday
By this time I was getting very
antsy and wanted to get out of the apartment, to go anywhere! It was too the
point where i could not watch one more second of TV or even look at the thing!
I did some laundry, ran the dishwasher, and cleaned up a little bit. Went on a
walk with Lu again and she loved every minute of it. I am in the middle of
watching Lost for the first time(I know, I know) and I was getting a little
bored with it, became dull to me for about 3-4 episodes in Season 3. Luckily
about 4pm my brother texts me that they have an extra ticket to the PBR, so of
course I’m in because I wanted to go in the first place. I had 2 hours to get
ready before they’d be there to pick me up, of course I had a little more than
2 hours in reality because they are always a smidge late ;-) PBR was a lot more
fun this year than last year, it was WAY more entertaining. The bulls were very
aggressive and some threw some major tantrums throughout the night. There was
one injury that was pretty bad and he was knocked out, sadly I cannot find any
information on how he’s doing. There were a few FANTASTIC rides during the
night as well, 3 in the 90 point range! It was always fun with the group that
we go with and I cannot wait until next year. The roads weren’t the best and
the freezing rain was coming down for sure, but my brother kept it at a steady
30-35mph and we were fine. If there is anyone I trust to drive me in any crazy
weather it’s a PGE line crew employee, they have driven in the worst of the
worst in those big ass line trucks! Kyle got called to work as he was dropping
me off and worked a whopping 29 hours. Love those linemen!
Pretty Awesome!
Love those cowboy butts ;-)
Support those lineman!
Sunday
Cabin fever was hitting MAJOR!
After I woke up and took Lucy out and let her play a little, I watched a bit
more Lost and then decided that I’m walking to Safeway to get out of the place
and to get some groceries that I was in need of. Of course I bought way too
much and that was a LONG walk back with an extra 20lbs on me, I took my athletic
bag but still…I was tired! But I got my workout in for not doing much for 4
days. Sunday, I also woke up feeling a cold coming on, UGH! I made sure I
picked up some throat coat tea and honey at the store when I went. I stayed in
the rest of the day, only letting Lucy out to potty and cuddled on the couch! I
wasn’t feeling too good the rest of the day and I wanted to beat this cold, I
ended up crawling into bed at 7:15pm. It was a crazy 4 days of weather, fun and
cabin fever. But I was very happy to go back to work and resume a regular
schedule. The snow is going to be around for a while as the thawing is taking
it’s time. In total I had 7 inches at my apartment with about an inch of ice on
top of it Saturday to Sunday after the freezing rain!
My snow dog :)
