Baby It's Cold Outside

Sunday, we had a high of 74* and a low of 60*. Then Tuesday, we had a high of 66* and a low of 22*. For the past two days, we have had highs in the 30's and lows in the 20's. I know many people endure temperatures hovering around freezing for months at a time; they are made of sterner stuff than we are! This is just crazy cold for us. And to top it off, we are forecast to get snow/freezing rain tonight and tomorrow. The snow/ice is expected to stick because of the unusually chilly ground temps. School is cancelled and we are looking forward to a fun snow day at home.

I called Mom today to see if I could pick up anything from the store for her. I asked her if she had enough wood to burn for 24 hours, in case we lose power. I'm anticipating a lot of icy limbs down. There have already been outages due to frozen water pipes at power plants. Really, I'm not kidding when I say we are not cut out for this kind of weather around here.

Of course, there was nothing I could do for Mom. I was pleased to hear Hospice had called to check on her already. Her friends had brought a fresh supply of firewood. She did let me give her a ride home from a memorial service today (yes, more death) because her ride was staying to help serve dinner to the family and Mom did not want to stay.

On the way home, I asked Mom if she had brought extra wood inside.
She said yes.
I asked how many pieces.
She told me to go home.
Ev and I got out of the truck and each carried in a full armload of wood.
Mom had 5 pieces of firewood inside.
That woman!

I know Mom has to go sometime, from something. I would just prefer if she didn't freeze to death or crack her head open on the ice on my watch. We'll see.