Snow Job

The first real winter weather of the year socked us yesterday. Fortunately it was a Sunday. Few of us had to venture anywhere, really, and yet many did. Deep snow and vicious wind.

Almost 24 hours elapsed before all kinds of institutions began the predictable process of closing due to weather. Schools, libraries, city offices, etc..

Maybe because it was a Sunday, the road crews were a bit slower to respond. Their numbers may have been less also. These are difficult days for Michigan cities and counties. Everyone is broke, and so Sunday overtime is not something that they would readily approve! Yet, by this morning all the roads were just about "normal" from what I could observe.

One week until Christmas. A "snow day" on Monday. How convenient! The Malls had to be absolutely chock-full of students, teachers, librarians and city clerks who couldn't possibly get to work!

I'm getting old. I remember the beloved snow days I had as a kid. And on those days, the weather was bad, and the roads really were next to impassible. No one could or would go anywhere. Today however, the stores were busy, the restaurants were bustling.... oh....and I was at work!

I am not a student, I am not a union member, and I don't work for the government. Just a poor working stiff struggling to get to work on a normal winter day in Michigan, and it wasn't bad at all; mostly because I didn't have to share the road with this bunch. They all slept in!