Mon. Mar. 25

  We got hit with winter storm Virgil late yesterday (Sunday).  As of right now, they are reporting 7.25" of snowfall in our area, which isn't a whole lot but it's brought some things to a halt and others slow moving. Schools and other places have cancelled and roads are slippery.

We got quite a surprise yesterday. My baby brother from Texas pulled into town and sent me a mysterious text message. It took me awhile to figure out what he was saying.  The translation was "pick me up at WalMart". He loves to surprise me. He's a hazmat hauler (flammable chemicals) but his territory usually covers Texas and Louisiana only. Occasionally an order has to come up north (New York) and he'll volunteer. On his way back south he'll come through here.

Yesterday, however, put him in a dilemma. We got hit by the snow storm. He stayed over-night then assessed the situation when the sun came up this morning. At 5:00 this morning, I was cooking him a big breakfast that would hold him over for a few hours before he'd  have to stop again. We watched the weather channel, the local news and even checked with the Indiana highway patrol to see what the roads were like for him and his big rig. At 8am he decided to pull out, so we took him back out to WalMart to get his truck. Our streets through town were a mess but from what he heard, if he could get past Indianapolis the rest of the way south would be clear. I'm sure he made it ok.

Update from our local weatherman:  "Storm winding down with light snow still into the evening. Total snowfall in the City was 8.25 inches. The evening included Thundersnow last night with lightning and thunder 3 times during heavy snowfall rates of 2 inches per hour." That is a phenomenon that seems to be happening more and more.... thunder and lightning during a snowfall. 

Just heard from my brother. He's ok, almost to Little Rock, with just 320 miles to home.

With my schedule being so messed up the last couple days, I feel so disconnected and very tired. I even took a nap, and I don't usually nap. They make me feel worse. I think I'm still going to bed early. I'm sure I can get a couple pages of my book read before I fall asleep.  Maybe. It's awful getting old. When I was younger I was so spontaneous and would do things on a whim. No set schedules for me. I'd bend with the wind. Now that I'm older, I'm one of those old folks my parents talked about…. "she's set in her ways". 

That's all I have for today. I hope you had a great day.