while having lunch with the colliers on monday, the weather took a turn for the worst. as we were leaving chili's it was sleeting and drizzly. i wasn't at the office long before hearing that highway 169 had been shut down. the office began to buzz as everyone started looking up the weather and disussing the impending ice storm. it really began to come down, and we received an email that the office would be closing at 4:00 pm. there were 90 reported accidents between noon and 1:30!
travis and i both made it home safely and settled in for the night. school closings started coming hours before the evening new aired.
tuesday the ground was thick with ice. new management has taken over our apartment complex and the precautions that we are used to were not taken. there was no way to make it down the hill. the office was declared "unofficially closed" and all but four people stayed tucked away safe in their cozy homes.
on wednesday the hill had still not been scraped. travis took my car and made it into the office, but he said that all of the roads, even the main streets were still covered in ice. a few more people made it in, but most were out yet again. by wednesday afternoon, the sun had finally started to come out and melt the ice away. the parking lots and apartment roads were scraped, and i realized that work on thursday was inevitable ...
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