State of Emergency

As I watched Ryan slide down the driveway to his car this morning, I waved goodbye from the door.

Moments before I was lying on the couch covered with a blanket, courtesy of Ryan, waiting for him to leave for work and giving my usual wife winter snow speech.

"Now please be careful. And be nice if people call you saying that they can't make it in. We are in the south now!"

"It's pot luck day! We're goin' in!" was Ryan's sweet response.

That's right. It's Fat Tuesday and pot luck day in the office.

Yesterday I asked Ryan if anyone had commented on the weather and what if they can't make it in tomorrow.

"I told them to leave early! I don't want any calls at 7:45 saying they're stuck in traffic or that it's slippery."

Now Ryan, we are in the south now. They may not know how to drive in this as well as we do.

"The only time I've ever been told not to come in to work or to leave early was when there was a fire in the building. And even then they only let the people on that floor go home!"

Clearly Ryan is a dedicated person and really wants everyone around him to thrive as well.

And before you start freaking out saying and thinking, "If it's too bad out, he shouldn't make them come in to work!" Relax.

Perhaps I should define what's bad, and what the south thinks is bad.

Bad in normal terms is when there's multiple inches of snow. Bad in the south, is when there's barely a dusting on the road. No joke.

Ryan said that on his way home from work yesterday, at 5:15, he passed MAYBE 15 cars on his 25 minute drive home. It had been "snowing" for all of 30 minutes at this point in time.

Now we did get some ice over night, and ice is no joke. But there's literally two tire tracks on my street - and one of those is from Ryan's car this morning. Literally, no one is leaving their home.

I couldn't even watch Good Morning America this morning because there was non stop news coverage and they were showing the governor's press conference about the weather. Things that were being said...."treacherous road conditions," "don't be out on the roads!" " the worst is yet to come." "stay off of the roads, we don't want any fatalities, you'll be happier that you didn't go out."

Stop it. Just stop.

I couldn't handle it. I had to change the station immediately.

And we think Cincinnati is bad with weather coverage? It's no joke down here.

Needless to say Ryan made it to work safe and sound and in record time. I was quite surprised that he texted me 25 minutes after he left. But the texts that I got were phenomenal (sorry Ryan, I know this will probably embarrass you, but it's too great not to share - plus you did share that "hometown hero" picture of me on Facebook last week.)

The first text said,

"Child's play."

Good! Not bad?

He then said something about the main roads were plowed, no big deal. And then this gem...

"I was going 40 on Davis. People were staring at me like I was a super hero. People wanted my super powers."

That's right folks. I knew that Ryan was a super hero, but it has officially been confirmed by the super hero himself.

So long story short, the south thinks it's the apocalypse and we northerners are laughing hysterically. All you have to do is be smart while driving and it's no big deal, honestly.

I'm glad that Ryan made it safely to work, as I was up making guacamole last night that Ryan volunteered to bring to the pot luck, and I would be upset if I made all of that for nothing.

Here's to feeling like we're at home a bit more. And for those of you who are already sending me texts, harassing us about living in the south and being warm while you're freezing up there...it is only 16 here, so relax. Maybe you didn't know the entire state of North Carolina has been under a state of emergency for a day and a half. We're having serious snow issues ourselves down here!

Hahahaha, I'm sorry. I couldn't even finish typing that without laughing.

Happy snow ya'll.