So... this winter was predicted to be a dry one... wrong. Our first snow was on Christmas day. The last time it snowed on Christmas day and accumulated in Atlanta was over 100 years ago. We made history! It was a beautiful White Christmas, and we were so excited to be a part of that history (well I was {Erin}, Trent was definitely not). On the day of the first snow of the season, we arrived at Trent's parents house right after it began, and ended up spending the night to avoid the roads. The next day we got to play at the park with the dogs and family, but spent most of the time inside. It was cold!
This time, it was a little different. This winter weather system started in the southwest of the country, and was predicted for many days to arrive in our area on Sunday evening. We didn't expect it to hold true, however, because as everyone knows, weathermen aren't always right in their predictions. Cobb County school system (where Kelsey and Greg teach), and Kennesaw State University were already closed for Monday, so Kelsey, Greg, and Matt decided to come over for a slumber party. It started snowing in our area around 9:00 and was coming down hard. It was so pretty! I was planning on still going to work in the morning, but thought I'd stay awake and play/watch movies until midnight and then try to get some sleep. I did just that. I set my alarm for later than normal because I knew I wouldn't even try to leave at my usual 6:45 because the roads would definitely be icy from not being driven on. About 30 seconds after my alarm went off, I got a text message from a co-worker friend telling me our office was closed for the day! For those of you who don't know, the Atlanta office of Innerface (the company I work for) is the headquarters for the whole country. All production happens in our office, and the only employees not in Atlanta are our sales reps scattered throughout the country. I was honestly shocked that they closed the office because of that reason. I am certainly glad they did though. Another thing you may not know is that the office is about 30 minutes away (in the case that there is zero traffic, which happens never) from our house, all highway. The news showed a bunch of roads covered with accidents, at standstills, and closed. I wouldn't have risked trying to get there.
So that left us stranded at the house all day on Monday. We played a bunch of Wii Party, played outside in the snow, sledded down the driveway of our deserted neighbor's house, and watched Inception, The Town, and then boys watched football and girls watched the Bachelor. It was a fun day of doing nothing. By the end of the night, Cobb County, KSU, and Innerface were all closed for Tuesday! We had another sleepover party, and again we were shocked! Excited, yes, but also a little concerned. It was supposed to freeze and ice again overnight. Which it did.
Today (Tuesday) was a bunch of the same, although Matt had to go in to work in the morning, and Kelsey and Greg left after we watched Going the Distance. I have recently discovered that Innerface will open again, tentatively, at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, and KSU and Cobb County are closed. Trent and I are alone tonight, and we're hoping the freezing temperatures tonight will not be bad enough to shut down the highways tomorrow afternoon. Although I love a few extra days of relaxing, I am dreading reading the emails I may have in my inbox at work tomorrow! Like I said, since we're the headquarters for the country, our clients are relying on us, and may have no idea we are closed! Since no one has been in the office, our email AND voicemail is not alerting them! I hope everyone is having fun and staying warm in this winter weather, but most importantly, keeping safe!
Here are some photos of "Snowmageddon":
