Fact:

Sledding is fun.

Another Fact: I round-house kicked a little boy in the face yesterday.

I felt really bad. Rayford was coming down the slope right at me and in my attempt to avoid/push him he swiped my left leg out from under me. Pivoting around on my right leg, caused my left leg to swing out about hip high, striking a little boy in his right cheek. He, and the girl on the sled both seemed to be about four, crashed shortly further down the slope. I rushed to their side to see if I had killed the little fella’. They were both screaming and crying. I asked if they were okay and if their parents were close by. Mom came rushing down the hill to their aid. I felt really bad, she saw it happen from atop the hill. She knew it was an accident and consoled them by saying, “this kind of stuff happens guys, I’m sorry, but when there’s a lot of people out here this can happen.” I apologized and started back up the hill. I felt really bad. I was, and am, worried that the little guy had/has a concussion. Only he and I know how hard the heal of my boot struck him in the face, and I’m telling you most grown people would have been down for the count. It was hard. I just hope the little dude’s okay.

That was yesterday at Cherokee.

Today was much better.

Oh and just to let you know right after Rayford turned the camera off I found yellow snow right at the base of that bush I grabbed those icicles (i spelled that right the first time) from. Could have been dog pee or beer, either way it made me feel weird.

Total there is about 6” of snow and 3” of ice. The ice has caused 600,000 people to be without power from Oklahoma to New England, most of them being in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Kentucky. Trees and power-lines are buckling under the enormous weight of the ice.

I broke my car free from it’s ice box yesterday and this is what it looked like this morning.

It looks like a winter wonder land here.

It’s pretty and fun, but it comes at a price. Lot’s of fender-benders and no school for the rest of the week, which I do consider a bad start to the semester. They’ve (Southern) canceled classes for the rest of the week because the main campus doesn’t have power. We have a couple friends coming to stay with us as a result.

Despite the cost it has been a fun couple of days, acting like we’re in middle school again and all.

Snow Day

It was supposed to be my second day of classes today.

Not so much though, freezing rain and 3 inches of snow last night leaves me here blogging five minutes after my first class was supposed to start today.

I don’t like getting behind especially this early, but we (me, Rayford, Becca [maybe], Matt and Ashley) are going to hit up Chick-fil-a at 1pm and then Cherokee to see how good the sledding is.

Its supposed to keep up with the freezing rain all day and by tomorrow night have accumulated another 3 inches of snow, that’s six inches total, that’s a lot of snow.

Please be praying for me because I have to deliver pizza tonight, and Paula (my manager) said we keep on delivering until all the drivers can’t deliver anymore. In other words, have a wreck or get stuck. And she said she was joking but I have a feeling it was partly true.

Snow Fun

It Snowed Yesterday!

By the time we left Glenn and Amy’s it was enough to make a twenty minute drive home an hour wait in traffic.

There were wrecked cars everywhere, we probably saw 30-40 cars in ditches or wrecked into freeway walls and rails.

By midnight it was enough for Rayford and I to go to Cherokee Park (the local sledding spot) and test it out.

We made three or four good runs and were tired enough and sore enough to be satisfied with our trip out to Cherokee.

On the way home I had a brilliant idea. I said, “Hey, let’s call John Michael (our roommate who was unwilling to come sledding with us) and tell him we got stuck trying to get out of Cherokee, then when he comes out to his car we’ll ambush him”.

Rayford contemplated and said, “make the call”.

We made about six to eight snowballs each and then I made the call….fifteen minutes later (after JM finished a Call of Duty match) here’s what ensued….