No snow, just ice
I had to work an overnight shift last night (the 26th). I left at the regular time and in fact a few minutes later than usual because I thought I should have pretty smooth sailing and wouldn't have to worry about bad roads since it hasn't snowed for a week or so. Boy, was I wrong! I pulled out of the driveway and started going up the hill on our road and proceeded to get halfway up the hill and slid down backwards. Needless to say, I was a little freaked-out. Apparently during the day it had been warm enough to melt the snow and then it turned windy and cooler after the sun went down and there was a big sheet of ice on the road. I had to call Randy and tell him to come out of the house to help me. Thank goodness for cell phones. He helped me drive it up the hill and I walked up to meet him to be on my merry way. What was so ironic about the situation was that on Christmas Day we had to leave to go to Annette's house and experienced a similiar problem with Randy's truck and had to use the 4-wheel drive. I was teasing him about me being able to get my car up the hill and what a hunk of junk his truck was (ha-ha). Luckily, he didn't remember that last night. I hate to admit it, but sometimes you just need a man!