Snowmageddon? Or Snow?-I-got-nothin..

This post is about a week overdue, but I still wanted to share the details of the "eventful" snowstorm that hit the Mid-Atlantic region last week.

As always, the "snowstorm" that was supposed to be horrendous turned out to be nothing at all.  People stocked up on toilet paper and milk and hunkered down for what was to come.  And then, hardly anything came.  Where I live, I saw about 4 inches of snow which, surprisingly, stuck to the roads - therefore, my snow day was interrupted by the constant humming of snow plows clearing the Fairfax County Parkway.

Although I still had to work, it was nice to cozy up under a blanket, drink hot cocoa, and watch the snow fall.  About 3 hours after the snow had started to fall it stopped, followed by about 30 minutes of crazy winds and then resumed business as usual.

I will say though, whether or not there was a lot of snow in other parts of the county (Old Town Alexandria got nothing - you couldn't even tell that it had rained) it was nice to have been off the road  that day.  NOVA drivers are bad as it is, but add rain or (OMG!) snow, and it's like people completely forget how to operate a vehicle. (This does not include native NOVAians... we're good drivers in a sea of transplants who can't handle the road.)

The cutest part of the day was, of course, how my turtle reacted to his first snow.  He's usually hibernating when the snow falls, but since it has been warm this winter, he awoke ahead of schedule.  This is what he saw...

He looked at the snow amazed for about a minute and then decided he was over it and had enough... so, he channeled his inner beach turtle..

While Squirt lounged on his hot rock like he was in Hawaii, I spent the day working and watching bad daytime television.  And by the time I went to sleep that night, the snow had melted and it was just another ordinary day.  Meanwhile, the Northeast got about another foot of snow... I should have moved to Boston!