ha suckers

So the cold weather has moved into the Midwest and left us alone. Chicago is at -5 right now and Minneapolis at -12, and Anchorage wait for wait for it is at 48 right now. Yes I know, and don't worry I haven't been drinking this morning it is indeed that warm out. Of course this brings its own problems. Because it is so warm, everything has started to melt but then refreezes at night. Yesterday the whole city was shut down, all schools and universities were canceled. I always wondered what it would take to close down schools and apparently all it takes is some warm weather. Also public transportation was shut down for the day, which I didn't even know that they could do that. I guess silly me needs to forget about the public transportation in Chicago and how it never stopped running. Lucky or in my case not so lucky I took the last morning bus before they stopped running so I was able to get to work. Unfortunately the road leading down to Bean's was just a sheet of ice, there were two buses and maybe 20 cars stuck all up and down the road by Bean's. I've never seen such chaos before. Plus Anchorage doesn't believe in salting which is kinda good because it's bad for the environment but that means nothing ever melts. Instead they dump gravel everywhere which helps with traction but is really bad for the roads. Today was no better, the buses were canceled right away so I had no way to get to work. They finally started working around 9 so I got to work 2 hours late. The fun part was the walk to Bean's because it was just like ice skating. I even wore a pink leotard so I slid into work in style.

Oh and to add to the excitement to the week I got to play tag at three in the morning. I must say that I dearly miss that game I played as a kid so I was very glad when the puppy invited me out in the early morning to play it in the yard. I further appreciate his not liking to sleep at night but instead rather enjoy pouncing on my head and licking my face. I must say my face have never felt so clean before and refreshed.

But all in all I am enjoying Anchorage, I just want the snow back so I can go skiing.