Ice-Pocalypse 2014

I feel like I understand the trials of all of the brave souls who built this great nation. The ones who survived blizzards without shelter. The ones who were so hungry in the winter they ate shoe leather. And broke up furniture to burn for heat. We have survived Ice-Pocalypse 2014 in Houston. We are still alive. It's been rough, but we are still here. Now that my fingers have warmed up a little and I am sure there is no risk of losing them to frostbite (it was BELOW freezing when I went outside this morning, people!), I feel like I should make a record of our experiences, things we have learned as we survived this great storm.

First of all, there was ICE on the car when we got up this morning. ICE. It was FROZEN. Can you believe it? And some of the plants had little baby icicles on their leaves. And the whole city shut down completely. Travis's office closed. Megan and Jared's school closed. I had to wear long sleeves AND a jacket when I went outside. And closed toe shoes. It was that bad! I don't know how we survived, but human nature is resilient in the face of such trials.

We didn't dare venture out to the stores. They are probably picked clean, anyways so there is really no point. We did manage to go to lunch at Denny's. Bundled up in jackets and hoodies. It was difficult, but we made it.

It is 32 degrees right now, and the weather app on my phone shoes little snow flakes, so obviously life has not yet returned to normal, but it should be in the 60s tomorrow, so I am confident that we will triumph in the end.