This whole week we have been watching the weather, waiting for this "storm" to come in. ALL week, all they said is that we would only get about 3-5 inches over a period of 3 or so days. Well, THEY WERE WRONG. About midnight last night they changed their stories and said that it was a straight up blizzard, that we were looking at anywhere between 6 and 24 inches of snow. OMG seriously, make up your damn minds. Lindsey had said that she wanted everyone to come up and stay at the hotel for a few nights to make sure that nobody missed work or anything like that. well, assuming it was still the small storm they were predicting, we didnt. Then it hit about an hour after c shift started. BLAH! So i didn't have a ride to get up here, no car, nothing.
This morning, when Ruben realized he wouldn't be able to get out of the parking lot and home, we both freaked out. We seriously never spend much time apart, like ever! So the thought of having to spend a night apart when we were in the same city both pissed us off and overwhelmed us. I think we both cried in the process of the conversation which was super hard. I hate hearing males cry, and i hate hearing Ruben cry even more. It was rough. To keep myself from having a total and complete breakdown, i went ahead and packed a bag and set out clothes just in case he could get out, or we could find a ride to get up here too. Which ended up being a good thing, because we did finally get a ride up here about 1:30ish. But before that (since i was woke up at 6:30 to be informed that he wasn't going to make it home) i cleaned up the living room a bit, and the kitchen. Then i got the call we were coming up, got the girls and I ready, and hiked it across the courtyard and parking lot in SUPER cold winds and blowing snow (which freaking hurts to get hit in the face with when it's only 7 degrees outside) and got into the car. now remember, i'm freaking terrified of being in a car in this kind of weather. like STUPID terrified. So having to ride in the back seat where i couldn't see anything, and had no control, was pretty freaking scarey. But we made it to the service road in front of the hotel without much incident, and hiked it up to the hotel from there, in the same weather. And then ended up snowblind. It took a minute to get up to the desk without falling cause our shoes were wet, and i was blind, etc. Got a key, went to the room, and had a breakdown when i finally made it into the room because of how freaking crazy the whole morning had been.
So we spent the day in the hotel room. Ruben got up at about 2:30 when we got here, and didn't get to sleep again. He caught a tiny cat nap right before he had to be up the hall to work, but not more than 15 minutes or so. They did Breakfast for dinner for the guests that were stuck here, which was nice since we didn't bring anything with us and had no way to cook it if we did (other than a microwave, but we didn't have any microwave meals) and we couldn't really make it up to walmart. HOPEFULLY tomorrow things will be a little better. If NOTHING else hopefully we can get to walmart and get some food for the room. Best case we will get to go home. Worst case, it doesn't get better and we can't leave at all. But the last one i doubt will happen because Lindsey is having the parking lot plowed tomorrow to allow those guests that need to leave the ability to, and hopefully that will be us too. I doubt i will do much driving tomorrow. I will sit in the passenger seat and freak out like last time, haha. But hopefully we can make it into walmart and back out without much incident, and the at least home. And then hopefully ruben can make it back to work without having to fight too much with anything. That would be the ideal situation. But i guess we just wait and see what happens tomorrow huh?
For right now, i'm going to go curl up in bed, try to warm up, watch some crappy tv, and try to get some sleep. Hopefully i'll be able to because i've had way too much caffine today. If not, i might just exercise until i'm tired, which i doubt would be TOO long. I konw i've cleaned the room back up and organized things. Hung all the coats up, folded the rest of the clothes into the suitcase again, and put the little bits and bobs that go in the purse and computer bag in the top drawer of the dresser. That way it's all put away and we don't have to worry about it at all. ANd if we do get to go home, that way we will have it all ready to go.
Honestly, i'm torn between the two. On the one hand, going home we would be home with the girls toys, our beds, and our cable tv, and as long as we got by the store plenty to eat. BUT, that would require us getting out in the snow and ice. Just the thought of that stesses me out. I know it has to be done at some point, but i also know that i won't be driving in it AT ALL. Oy. not a happy thought there.
Neway, crappy tv and bed time. LATERS
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