Saturday, April 3, 2010

The end!

I have had an interesting week. Monday I had to rush to Cheyenne, Wyoming which is about 8 hours away with the kids and the husband for a family thing and a business meeting. It was short notice so I barely had time to pack or do anything else and forgot just about everything including the laptop and my homework. We had to stay there till thursday morning and attempted to leave and made it about 50 miles to Laramie when it started to blizzard. The roads were then closed all around us so we became stranded in Laramie and had to get a hotel room. It was not fun. All we wanted to do was get home. The roads finally reopened around 10:30 friday morning and everyone who had been stranded including truck drivers bolted. Traffic was awful. I live in a small town where traffic really is never an issue and the closest interstate is about 3 hours away. I have traveled before but this was a rat race. I have never seen anything like it and I was scared. We made it home late last night and I have been scrambling to get things done for Easter all day long. It is a good thing that I had started revising my projects before I left so I dont have too much left to do. My other class is the one I am worried about. I really enjoy this class so its not a struggle. Any way I hope every one has a great Easter and I am going to bed.
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  1. Second ChanceApril 4, 2010 at 10:56 AM

    Last minute advenures are challenging. Sure hope you will have time to work on your paper. It is good not to leave things to the last minute, so when an unplanned trip comes up, you won't get behind.

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  2. Professor FeraldiApril 6, 2010 at 9:21 PM

    Hi Stacy,

    I have encountered those surprise blizzards several times in my life, once a white-out in NY, once driving from Phoenix to southern NM stranded in little town of Magdelena, more than once in Colorado, and ice storms in the Ozarks. I remember once driving from Springfield, MO to Eureka Springs, AR, in a VW bug packed with 3 adults and 4 kids, including a new baby, when we had to pour bleach on the windshield because the defrost did not work and it was raining ice. We crept at 10-30 mph through mountains and curves finally making it to where we lived in a lake community called Holiday Island. The car slid softly against a stop sign about a mile from our house and we could not move it, so we walked the rest of the way home at about 1 AM. You do not forget adventures like this. They make good stories. :-)

    I hope all is well and you are relaxed enough to complete the finishing touches on your project.

    Thanks for all your participation.

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