Winter Wonderland

Driving home last night, from Vulcan, i felt like i was inside a winter globe, you know the kind you shook as a kid. The flakes were large, and as i drove down the rural highway, my headlights reflected off of each and every flake, the windshield showing nothing but channel static. The roads were slick and rutted, occasionally you could hear the crunching beneath the tires as the van pulled to the outside, toward the ditch, and my heart would start to race. My eyes and nerves strained to keep the road in focus, as the thick snow did everything in its power to break me. I felt a sigh of releif as the lights of the city came into view, soon i would be home, safe and warm, and snuggled nicely into bed. This morning i probably could have gotten to work a bit quicker had i dawned skates. I would have been quite the sight sliding in and out of traffic like an olympic speed skater. Dressed in tights, Helmet on, one arm behind my back and the other keeping cadence, swinging from side to side. Too bad there are no traffic circles in calgary, they would be a hoot on skates, sharp gliding turns, gaining speed for the straight away. But instead i crawled into my cold van, turned the heat on full and waited for the ice to melt off the windshield (of course the scraper is missing). After a few minutes of impatience i finally give in and give it a good dose of windshield wiper fluid. Luckily it works, usually the ice crystals start to migrate and branch out the moment you turn the wipers off, but not this morning, this morning the chinook air must be blowing down the drive and the windshield is clear as day. So i am off to pick up Jen, i hope she is on time. The first snowfall, also means the first morning that everyone has a valid excuse for being late, and as expected everyone other than myself and Rick, has used this option. So the office is quiet, as i write in my blog, and listen for the kettle to boil, so that i can make tea. There it goes, and with it, so do i.