Ice! Winter! Chaos!

Texans on ice crack me up. So much panic over a little precipitation. Although I do recognize the dangers. Living in the Midwest for a couple of years taught me to appreciate snow plows, salt, and people who know how to drive during icy conditions. Texas doesn't have any of those three. Perhaps we have plows, actually. I'm not sure.

We had an unofficial snow day yesterday. Originally we were supposed to delay opening until 10 but when I walked outside around 9 or so, it was sleeting. Sleet on top of another layer of ice and snow? Eh, not so much. Out of of an office of approximately 20 or so folks, four went into work. I was not one of those four. I walked outside again around noon and it was still sleeting. So I checked my e-mail periodically, told the four I could edit/proof/whatever documents needed to be read via e-mail or fax, and then set about to cleaning out my old office (soon to be nursery).

Nate was also home because a pipe burst in his building and they had no heat. So he helped me move furniture, organize my new office space, and gave me moral support as I went through huge mounds of paper I've been needing to file or trash for about six months. But that's all done now!

I estimate I have about an hour or so of additional organizing and cleaning. Nate's been trying to get me out of there for a few weeks now, so he'll be happy. He wants to paint the ceiling and then he and his mom are going to paint an underwater seascape (the nursery theme), which I think should be pretty cool.

You can see some pics of the icy arctic blast (how the TV weather peeps were referring to winter) here.