The Snowpocalypse

Lynchvegas gets about an inch of snow a year.  Roughly.  We usually have mild, pretty chilly, but not too wet Decembers, Januarys and Februarys.  In fact, if there is a hint of a flurry in the air, you can usually hear the schools in every county shouting for joy as they are canceled for the next day. 

This year, we are past our second storm, that brought a FOOT a FOOT of snow to us, and the weather people are all over the map with what is coming...dum dum dum dum.......THE SNOWPOCALYPSE. 

We are supposed to get anywhere between 8 and 60 inches of snow this weekend depending on who you listen to.  The grocery stores are having the best 2 days of their last ten years.  Everyone is in a mad scramble to get food, water, toilet paper and whatever else one may need to survive a long weekend. 

I was at Walmart yesterday afternoon and the first sign of trouble was the really long line of people trying to leave the parking lot.  The next sign of trouble was the lack of any carts to be seen anywhere.  Not being able to get a cart at Walmart is kind of a crisis.  What does one do?  Do you stand there sheepishly with puppy dog eyes hoping that some kind stranger will offer to share?  Do you wander the aisles with stuff heaped in your arms and pray to every kind guardian angel not to drop a trail of soup and paper towels behind you?  Luckily for me I saw a cart abandoned by the side of a check out counter.  As I started toward it, two large Asian student boys also saw the cart and started toward it.  We locked eyes.  No. Friggin. Way. were they getting my cart.  (If the real world was my playground we would have had gunslinger stand off music playing in the background.)  Step by step we went closer and closer and BAM! my hands landed on the cart and snatched it from underneath their noses.  That's right boys.  Foiled by a blond.  They wandered off looking annoyed.

Now that I am esconced at home with my soups and paper products, the puppies and I are ready.  Bring it on snowpocalypse!    The Office reruns sound like a great way to spend the weekend. (=