I wake up this morning to the radio and the broadcaster calling for a "wintry mix."
Until I moved to the south, I never knew what a wintry mix was. Growing up in Michigan, winter was just that, winter. It meant snow, ice, cold weather, boots, gloves, hats and long johns. As a child, I was sent out the door prepared for the worse weather ever. Snow pants, boots, gloves and hats were the attire for most of those wintry days. As an adult, I went to work with boots, scarf, hat and gloves, ready for the worse with my snow brush in the car and scrapper. My life changed when I moved to the south. Schools would close when snow was in the forecast that morning. Kids were sent home from school if a white flake was spotted outside, and work had emergency lines to call and see if work was delayed or called off for the day. I am used to it now but thinking about it, brought back a fond memory I had one evening after work in Bedford, New Hampshire. It had snowed all day and no, we were not sent home, we were working since eight am that morning. It had snowed about one foot throughout the day and I had school after work to go to at the Manchester New Hampshire college located in the old airport. Some of my coworkers had remote starts, I was amazed; pushing a button to start their cars from inside the office, crazy but cool. Others had gone out early to start the cars. I just thought I would be fine at the end of my shift and had plenty of time to clean off the car and get to my class on time. Well, I was mistaken. That snow had a thin coat of ice under it and my wee credit card (southern scrapper) didn't do the trick. Thank God one of my fellow employees had a good scraper to clean off my car and get me on the road. From that day on, I had a good scrapper ready at all times.
Back to the wintry mix they are calling for this morning. We may get a dusting and up in the mountains, they may get a couple of inches of the white stuff, hence a wintry mix. The grocery stores will be full of people buying milk and bread as they are afraid they will get shut in for days. For me, it will be work as usual. I will hit the road early and go slow, remember some driving skills learned in my Michigan and New Hampshire days how to drive in the stuff. I will get to work the same as I got to class that night. It was one of my accelerated studies classes so there was no way I could miss it. I needed to be there to get the assignments for the next few days. I bet my friends in New Hampshire wish they had more "Wintry Mix Days" than the snow that fell just a few hours ago!!
Until I moved to the south, I never knew what a wintry mix was. Growing up in Michigan, winter was just that, winter. It meant snow, ice, cold weather, boots, gloves, hats and long johns. As a child, I was sent out the door prepared for the worse weather ever. Snow pants, boots, gloves and hats were the attire for most of those wintry days. As an adult, I went to work with boots, scarf, hat and gloves, ready for the worse with my snow brush in the car and scrapper. My life changed when I moved to the south. Schools would close when snow was in the forecast that morning. Kids were sent home from school if a white flake was spotted outside, and work had emergency lines to call and see if work was delayed or called off for the day. I am used to it now but thinking about it, brought back a fond memory I had one evening after work in Bedford, New Hampshire. It had snowed all day and no, we were not sent home, we were working since eight am that morning. It had snowed about one foot throughout the day and I had school after work to go to at the Manchester New Hampshire college located in the old airport. Some of my coworkers had remote starts, I was amazed; pushing a button to start their cars from inside the office, crazy but cool. Others had gone out early to start the cars. I just thought I would be fine at the end of my shift and had plenty of time to clean off the car and get to my class on time. Well, I was mistaken. That snow had a thin coat of ice under it and my wee credit card (southern scrapper) didn't do the trick. Thank God one of my fellow employees had a good scraper to clean off my car and get me on the road. From that day on, I had a good scrapper ready at all times.
Back to the wintry mix they are calling for this morning. We may get a dusting and up in the mountains, they may get a couple of inches of the white stuff, hence a wintry mix. The grocery stores will be full of people buying milk and bread as they are afraid they will get shut in for days. For me, it will be work as usual. I will hit the road early and go slow, remember some driving skills learned in my Michigan and New Hampshire days how to drive in the stuff. I will get to work the same as I got to class that night. It was one of my accelerated studies classes so there was no way I could miss it. I needed to be there to get the assignments for the next few days. I bet my friends in New Hampshire wish they had more "Wintry Mix Days" than the snow that fell just a few hours ago!!
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