Yesterday was a cool, clear day, so I actually made it to work, though I went in a little late, and made sure I carpooled. Not that I’m particularly uncomfortable driving on solid ice, mind you – I did spend three winters in Michigan, after all – but my truck happens to have less traction than your average toboggan, so I was happy to drive most of the way in a compact car with front-wheel drive.

Today, however, is a different story. As predicted by the weather people, we have awoken to this:

(I need to play with the camera some more; I'm trying to get a picture of falling snow, but it either looks like haze or rain so far...)

Schools were already announcing closures last night in anticipation of Winter Storm 2004, so the kids have no school, and I’m certainly not going to work. Hopefully we’ll make a fun day out of it.

I certainly hope today will be a better day around here than yesterday, when the furnace broke! I wasn’t here, so Julie had to deal with the excitement. The same part that failed about a month ago failed again, so we called the same company out to fix it. Fortunately, they were able to make it here yesterday afternoon (Julie and the kids stayed at a friend’s house for a while), and they made the repair for no charge. So our rapidly cooling house was warm again. I just hope the same part doesn’t fail again...