As I may or may not have made clear in past blog posts we live in what is referred to as the High Desert of Southern California. For all intents and purposes it is in fact a real-life desert. We live in a semi-rural area on dirt roads, we have coyotes and rattle snakes and road runners (meep, meep), it's hot as heck in the summer and we are one of the few places in the world where the Yucca brevifolia grows. Being that desert is prefaced by "HIGH" in our area it means that we are closer to the mountains and occasionally we get some snow. By some I mean and inch or two once or twice a year. Fun to watch, but certainly nothing to write home about. When we are really lucky and have a particularly bad storm move through we will get 6 inches or even a foot on rare occasions, so although "Winter Wonderland" may be a popular blog title this time of year it really doesn't have any business on this blog; that is until now.
Kennedy's first snow was on Monday it was one of those really great storms where we got a whopping 6 inches and caused us to cancel the teacher coming to work with Kennedy since no one really drives in the snow out here. I was very concerned because Tuesday Kennedy had an appointment down the hill that took me three months to get and I wasn't about to go down the hill and get stuck and run out of oxygen if they shut the pass. Turned out Tuesday was fine and although there was a tiny bit of snow on the side of the road once I got down the dirt road and on to pavement there was no problem. Wednesday morning we woke at 5am to feed Kennedy and for Shawn to get ready for work. Again there was snow on the ground, but it looked like it did Monday so no big deal. Right before Shawn left for work we got a phone call saying the school was closed and Shawn got his first snow day in 3 1/2 years of working for the school district. He was super excited of course. We had gone to bed early the night before so we decided to stay up and watch the snow for a while. Around 8 or 9 Shawn decided he would go into town. It hadn't stopped snowing, but usually by the afternoon snow is all but gone, so neither of us thought much of it and we had a check that needed to go in the bank and we were low on groceries so off he went. Shawn made it most of the way down the dirt road only to get stuck in the snow and mud just yards from the pavement. A stranger stopped and helped get him out and Shawn went about his business in town. I called him periodically with updates and just to check his progress. It snowed the whole time he was gone. On the way home the truck got stuck again so I called next door and my parents went about getting stuff together to go get Shawn unstuck but their big trucks were sliding all over the place so they couldn't help. Shawn had to trudge through at least a foot of snow for a quarter mile with three bags of groceries and two gallons of milk. It continued to snow, and snow and snow all day. In fact it snowed from when we woke at 5 am to at least eight or nine at night. All in all we ended up getting at least two feet of snow. More than I have ever seen. So much so that the cancelled school yesterday and today too. We are still covered in snow and I have no idea how long its going to take to melt. The truck it still stuck but I am hoping that we will be able to get out sometime this weekend so the Kennedy and I can make it to her appointment on Monday for her Synigis shot.
Kennedy's first snow was on Monday it was one of those really great storms where we got a whopping 6 inches and caused us to cancel the teacher coming to work with Kennedy since no one really drives in the snow out here. I was very concerned because Tuesday Kennedy had an appointment down the hill that took me three months to get and I wasn't about to go down the hill and get stuck and run out of oxygen if they shut the pass. Turned out Tuesday was fine and although there was a tiny bit of snow on the side of the road once I got down the dirt road and on to pavement there was no problem. Wednesday morning we woke at 5am to feed Kennedy and for Shawn to get ready for work. Again there was snow on the ground, but it looked like it did Monday so no big deal. Right before Shawn left for work we got a phone call saying the school was closed and Shawn got his first snow day in 3 1/2 years of working for the school district. He was super excited of course. We had gone to bed early the night before so we decided to stay up and watch the snow for a while. Around 8 or 9 Shawn decided he would go into town. It hadn't stopped snowing, but usually by the afternoon snow is all but gone, so neither of us thought much of it and we had a check that needed to go in the bank and we were low on groceries so off he went. Shawn made it most of the way down the dirt road only to get stuck in the snow and mud just yards from the pavement. A stranger stopped and helped get him out and Shawn went about his business in town. I called him periodically with updates and just to check his progress. It snowed the whole time he was gone. On the way home the truck got stuck again so I called next door and my parents went about getting stuff together to go get Shawn unstuck but their big trucks were sliding all over the place so they couldn't help. Shawn had to trudge through at least a foot of snow for a quarter mile with three bags of groceries and two gallons of milk. It continued to snow, and snow and snow all day. In fact it snowed from when we woke at 5 am to at least eight or nine at night. All in all we ended up getting at least two feet of snow. More than I have ever seen. So much so that the cancelled school yesterday and today too. We are still covered in snow and I have no idea how long its going to take to melt. The truck it still stuck but I am hoping that we will be able to get out sometime this weekend so the Kennedy and I can make it to her appointment on Monday for her Synigis shot.
Kennedy's appointment was to go over an MRI she had back on August 29th and the doctor said it look perfectly normal for someone that gestational age. She has been talking up a storm and laughed for the first time last Saturday. She is sill sneezing and coughing a bit but other than that doesn't show any signs of being sick.
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Later In the Day
The Morning After
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