Yesterday while we were waiting in the airport in Jacksonville, we paid close attention to the Weather Channel. They were predicting all kinds of winter weather for Nashville, and we wanted to make sure we could get home. Steve also had a business trip to Chicago, and he needed to check on travel conditions for that. As the afternoon wore on, he would tell me that they were predicting 2-4 inches of snow for Nashville, then it went to 5-8 inches, then up to 8-12 inches, then back to 2-5 inches. The snow was going to start at 10pm on Sunday night, then 4am on Monday morning, then noon on Monday. Steve changed his flight to Monday morning. Sam was also flying out on a business trip, so he decided that he would go to the airport with Steve. Sam decided to spend Sunday night at our house, and go ahead and bring Lynnette and Lindley over to spend the night also. After all, this was going to be a big deal. Since Mathieu is away at school, Maribeth and Everley decided to spend the night too. Molly decided to stay at home at her house. In other words, we were going to bunk together and brace for this winter weather.
This morning when we got up, of course there was no discernible snow. There was a lot of sleet and ice, which is terrible for Nashville and its citizens. Mainly because we do not drive very well in such conditions. We had sleet and freezing rain most of the morning, covering the roads. Of course schools were closed and cars were sliding all over the place. Businesses were closed and generally the city shut down. Steve's and Sam's and almost all other flights from Nashville were cancelled, so Sam and Steve stayed put. In fact, we all stayed put. Lindley and Everley and various adults ventured outside to stomp around in the ice, but there was no snow to even build a small snowball. In other words, it was pretty much a typical Nashville snow - predicted for a lot and receiving none.
The big deal is that the weather is going to stay cold this week, so its questionable as to whether any of the ice is going to melt. Schools and businesses and day cares are closed again tomorrow. But Maribeth has to get to work - she delivers the mail and you know the "neither rain nor sleet nor whatever ..." slogan of the USPS. Flights out of BNA are cancelled again tomorrow, so Sam and Steve won't be going anywhere.
Of course they're predicting snow again later this week. Possibly only a "dusting." You know what that means - I'd better go get a snowplow!!
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Today is a gift because: full house sleeping over; lots of Lindley and Everley time; Steve making Edam grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch
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