Bully Winter and a Sinless Cat

Last Winter didn't hang around that long.

This Winter is reluctant to let go.

We don't have this much snow this time....but I'm using it anyway.  Taken April 1, 2011?

Last evening Chelsea, Warren and I were coming

home as snow, sleet and rain were falling.

All at the same time.

We were in separate cars 

since Chelsea and I had been up to Lancaster 

for a dentist appointment and then stayed to 

meet up with Warren when he was done with work

for a soup and salad dinner.

Yum!

Warren was a few minutes ahead of us on a 

twisty curvy road that goes higher in elevation

than most around here.

Chelsea and I had discussed briefly which 

way we would take home.

Usually if the weather is questionable I avoid

 this road but we were anxious to get home

and this is the quickest route.

The roads on Route 30 were just wet.

I knew that this was risky.

But did it anyway.

We were barely out of Strasburg when 

we met a car that flashed its lights at us.

Just then the texture of the road changed.

Of course this is where the curves and the hills began as well.

Pretty soon we saw a van parked on a bridge

with a man standing in warning....

My heart began to race.

My window went down and he said that there 

was an accident just around the next curve.

I asked him if it was a small blue car.

Thankfully, for us, he said no.

We rounded the curve and found a large

jeep on its side.

A police cruiser was already there and the 

two occupants of the jeep were standing there 

looking quite uncomfortable.

I was so glad they were able to stand.

Chelsea and I continued gingerly on this road

praying our way up the hills and reducing gear

to come down the hills.

Home looked really good when we got here.

My heart was happy to find that little blue car

all tucked in the garage.

Safe and Sound.

To me this will be the winter of the nuisance 

weather.  No big snows for us.

Just lots of ice and slush.

Now, to completely change the subject 

are you curious about the sinless cat?

Well, that's a bit misleading.

It was a humorous thing my brain did this morning

at 5:35am.

From a very deep sleep I heard 

our Oliver meowing

to go out.

Then, within moments, 

he began banging the metal blinds at the door 

in our room.

I was ticked.

Not only was he requesting to go outside 

but he was making absolutely impossible to 

ignore him, which was what I would 

have gladly done given the depth of my sleep

and the warmth of my bed.

I got up and stumbled over to the door.

Opening it I was struck by the white snow on the deck.

I have no idea why but this is what flashed though my head,

"Go, and sin no more!"

I came back to my bed to attempt to 

sleep a bit longer but chuckling 

about the silliness of my brain even from 

a dead sleep.

Not two minutes later

Warren's alarm went off.