You're getting our leftovers. There's a thick sheet of crunchy ice outside.
I gambled yesterday that we would be out of school today, and left town before the roads froze over. The only problem is that my windshield froze over, leaving my vision severely impaired, since my defroster doesn't work (it might work, but the fan control is borked, so it won't blow at the windshield.) I had all the vents turned up as high up on the roof as I could, and was wiping the fog off the inside of the glass for a two and a half hour drive. For thirty miles, I followed a wrecker truck's taillights because I could not see the lines on the road. I didn't know it was a wrecker until I pulled off in Alma and met it in a gas station parking lot. I'm sure they saved my life, and I told them as much.
There wasn't much ice on the road, fortunately. My problem was just the severe inability to see. My windshield wipers were coated in ice like the tree branches are today.
I'm safe with my family (if not my friends) and my cat and my animals, lots of coffee, etc. I've also got some of my taxes done. I'll upload some pictures of the ice later. It's not as spectacular as the ice last year or in 2000, but it's not so bad
My only regret is that there will be awesome snow in Fayetteville, and good chances to hang with friends that I"m missing, but I had some things that needed to be done here at home, in addition to the rest of it.