White Christmas....Hope Not

Normally I would be pretty enthusiastic about a pending snow storm or the possibility of having a White Christmas but not this year. For the last week, most of Northwestern Oregon has been crippled by snow. At first it was a bit of a joke. There was hardly any snow on the roads, no ice and people were being overly cautious. But, Saturday rolled in and the real storm came in. Since that moment, it has not stopped snowing. As I look out the window, it's still snowing. I'm tired of it to be honest. We have had nearly two feet of snow fall in most places around the Portland area and there are drifts that are literally burying cars. It is just a white lump on the road.

It may not be a big deal for people who are use to snowy winter weather, but for Oregon, we don't expect this and we are never prepared for it. I like about two inches of snow. Enough to just cover the ground and make everything look nice. What we have now is a bit much. It is wildly inconvenient. You have to schedule everything around the weather. Who knows when it will be over with. Starting last Wednesday, the weather reports have all been wrong so it's pretty hard to tell if things will get better any time soon.

It's cool for about a day or two, but then it becomes a burden and cabin fever begins to set in.