by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
We had a winter storm in North Carolina a couple of weeks ago. Winter storms in NC are a big deal. There are a few reasons for that. For one, everything shuts down…there’s no school, no businesses open, and no one at work. Since these are rare occurrences in the Charlotte area, there’s not much in the budget for clearing the streets. So…the stuff sticks around until it melts. The problem is that it gets warm enough during the days (45-50 degree F) to melt and then goes back below freezing at night and refreezes the stuff. Then everyone slips all over the road on black ice.
My husband called me on his way home from work right before the storm hit and asked if we needed anything. I said no, that I’d run a slew of errands all day and we were fine.
My teenaged daughter was listening to our phone conversation. “Why is Dad even asking? Doesn’t he know it’s you? You’re always prepared.”
It’s true that I’m a bit of a Girl Scout. But then, I was a Girl Scout.
My daughter added something else. “You’re so organized that you’re disorganized.”Continue reading