The Big Snow is coming. And here in the Washington, DC area, that can only mean one thing: a mad rush to the store to buy...toilet paper? No one really knows why toilet paper is one of the top three items that everyone thinks they need to buy when it snows, but that's the way it is here. MSNBC even mentioned it in an article on their website:
"Supermarkets were already jammed by Friday morning, in keeping with a Washington tradition that holds that once the word “snow” turns up in a weather forecast, the rush begins to load up on milk, bread and toilet paper."
I do not like The Big Snow. I don't even like the small snow that we had last week -- about 3 inches. Last year we ended up buying a snow blower because I had a bad case of tennis elbow and couldn't lift a shovel, and my husband can't shovel because he has a bad back. It's a small snow blower and I don't think it will work well when there is over 6 inches of snow. So that means there will probably be several snow blowing and/or shoveling episodes over the course of today and tomorrow. What fun.
Then of course there is the driving. People here think they know how to drive in snow, but they don't. They either creep along at 3 mph or whiz by at 50. And all the crazies come out to drive around in their SUVs.
The worst part of The Big Snow is the ice, and for us that means big problems. We keep both our cars in the garage and have a steep driveway. The cars just slide right down because the driveway turns into an ice rink. I don't even bother taking my car out because then I can't get it back up the driveway, even when we sand it. Another problem with the ice is trying to walk the dog. This becomes a major event because my dog is old and doesn't do well in snow or ice. So walking the dog means spending a lot of time outside in the cold and wind, trying to find somewhere for her to go.
Oh yeah, I'm really looking forward to this weekend.
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