Icy bells.....

Jingle Bells, Patricia yells
the Volvo wants to slide

she pumped her brakes, and turned the wheel
but all they did was glide..

Jingle Bells, all is well
the family's home and safe

Patricia gripped the wheel so hard
her hands are chapped and chafe

Lots of snow, freezing rain and ice on the road. Driving conditions were awful and Patricia couldn't park the car near the house. She and the kids had to park elsewhere after sliding backwards down a hill (unable to stop the car when brakes were applied) and she walked the kids home while Dakota walked Jewel home. She was able to drive to the train station to pick Daniel up. The six minute trip took 35 minutes, each way.

Stake Presidency meetings cancelled tonight!

gratitude thought: so very grateful that after sliding so much, I never hit a car. Came close twice. Once when I was inches from rear ending someone. The other when the car skidded sideways into a parked car, and we squeaked by missing by a hair.

trivia: Dakota is sad to lose his Physics teacher for the sememster due to illness. He has a new teacher and thinks she is extremely boring. He knows he has to stay in the class to graduate so he has to just grin and bare it.

Dinner with 14 year old Rutgers student and Dakota cancelled due to weather.