This morning, at 7am, I woke up and everything outside was white. Now, when I was younger I would have been ecstatic about that, because that usually means that school might be canceled. However, this morning I was in Westfield, NY (which is right in the middle of the snow belt) and I had to get back to Mercyhurst at 9am. Good thing my fiance and I had heard about the snow warning the night before and had set our alarms really early. Good thinking! We put some heavy clothes on, let the puppy play in the snow and ran the tractor through the yard. This whole ordeal (including getting ready) took about 50 minutes. I left right away and had a really scary ride through about 3 inches of snow still left on the streets after the plough trucks went through. Now, our house is in the middle of nowhere, so I was surprised that someone had actually ploughed that early in the morning. I made it to I-90 and then it took me about another 50 minutes to get to Mercyhurst.
On the way, I listened to the radio and kept shaking my head listening to people calling into the station, complaining that the streets in downtown Erie were stuffed and they would be late for work. When I got to Mercyhurst, I walked over to my meeting and was 15 minutes early. Everybody else who came from either the campus apartments or somewhere a few streets away from campus was late!
I just though to myself that it was good (and will always be good) to set my alarm at 2 hours before I have to be somewhere. You can always fall back asleep, it that is too early and you have nothing else to do, but I found out that it pays back to just open your eyes a little earlier and be prepared.
By the way, here is the weather forecast, better check it out before you go to bed tonight:
http://www.weather.com/weather/local/16546?whatprefs=&what=WeatherLocalUndeclared&lswe=16546&lswa=WeatherLocalUndeclared&from=searchbox_localwx&googleTypeSearch=on&where=16546&Search.x=27&Search.y=10&Search=Search
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I unfortunately was not ready for the snow. Also, my heat is set very cold in my house which makes getting out of bed at ten, take a little over three hours... Oops! I think I'm going to need to purchase a new alarm because my cell phone doesn't cut it for me. I could get a call at about 9a.m. and talk for ten minutes without ever waking up! I should probably just start going to bed earlier or something.
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