snowmygod

today is a snow day! yay! but getting home last night was a chore. after being stuck in highway traffic w/ the boys for 90 min and decided to try the backstreets. silly mommy. the boys had exhausted me though and i was ready to try anything. christmas carols, eating handfuls of snow i grabbed off the hood, a phone call home. we were at the point of watching caillou video's on my phone and i was just shy of announcing my halloween candy car stash. i exited instead and got impatient again waiting. i thought i'd try a hilly side street. i've got awd and the subaru had gotten me down many an icy pass in the past. i instantly slid and realized my error. we were stopped by a neighboring parked car. the owner was still in her car and was super nice given the circumstances. best we could do was get both cars parked out of the through lane. a kindly passerby helped me and the boys down the hill. but it was snowing and mace was cold and angry by the time the bus finally came. roc just wanted to stop at the playground. the people on the bus took pity and offered us all sorts of goodies to calm mace down. cookies. reeses' peanut butter cups. no avail. the ride was short and we transferred to another bus that mace finally calmed down on. 3 hrs later freddie met us at the grocery store by our house and we ventured up the hill. home safe and warm. i think i'll throw the chains into the trunk. just in case.