Incoming

Well, here we sit, braced for the Great Blizzard that seems to be headed our way.  St. Louis is supposed to get about eight inches, and Chicago is expecting 18.  As we are in the middle of the two, I’m guessing we should be in the 13-inch range.

We shall see.  Evidently, there hasn’t been snowfall like this since 1999, so I guess we can truly say that the Blizzard of the Century is coming.  Maybe.

As it is the end of the month, I was pretty much out of food yesterday.  Jeff checked the weather and suggested that hitting the store before today would be a good idea, so we made a menu and grocery list, and Charlotte and I headed to Walmart about 7:30 last night.

While it wasn’t a bit crowded, the shelves were pretty bare.  I think that there were maybe a dozen cartons of eggs left, and the bread aisle looked as if locusts had hit it.  There was also a big shortage of canned green beans, which I found a bit strange.  Nevertheless, I was able to get everything on my list except for granola bars (there were none of my kind to be found), and we had everything put away at home by 9:00.

As today progressed, I had to chuckle when I checked Facebook.  Evidently, EVERYONE went to Walmart today.  One friend posted a picture of a completely empty egg refrigerator and a completely bare banana display.  Other status updates suggested that people are shopping as if the apocalypse is imminent.  It kind of reminded me of when snow was forecast in Tennessee or Mississippi…there was never any bread, milk, or eggs to be found!

This all certainly made me glad that we made it to the store yesterday!

All of the local schools have cancelled already, and we’ve been warned that the streets will probably not be cleared until it gets done snowing and blowing, perhaps by Wednesday.  But, hey, we have food, we have power, and we’re all here together.  It’s all good.

In other news, Charlotte scored her first points in a basketball game this past weekend!  Four girls on her team were sick on Saturday, so the five that did show up had to play the entire game.  The other team had eight players, so our poor girls were pretty worn out by the second half.  The final score wasn’t pretty, but Charlotte made two baskets, and the team played some really good ball.  It’s a real pleasure to watch her and the other girls improve as the season progresses.

I’ll keep you posted about our incoming blizzard…