Snow day!

It snowed last night. Now, it's February in Michigan, so snow is normal. But this storm had hype. People were calling it snowpocalypse and the storm of the century. They predicted as much as 24 inches of snow in our area. Just to be safe, we stocked up on milk, eggs, bread, diapers, and formula. At 4:30 yesterday, it wasn't even snowing. The blizzard warning started at 5 and by 5:30, it was snowing steadily. I was honestly getting excited for this storm. Big snow! Plus Steve was told to work from home if the bank opened and if it didn't, he'd get a paid day off. Awesome!

Okay. I lived in Sault Ste. Marie until I was almost eleven. It snows heavy up there. They're equipped to deal with it though, so we only had a handful of snow days the entire time I was in elementary school (seriously, three maybe?). With all the hype, I was expecting something of that sort. Like FEET of snow. After all, that's what they were predicting. By the time I went to bed at midnight, there were only a couple inches of new snow. But it was supposed to be heavier from midnight on...

We all got up about 9am, after Steve made sure earlier that the bank was closed (although the recording said it was closed for the holiday, lol). I looked outside...it definitely snowed. It's definitely a snow day. It'd be a bad idea to try to drive somewhere, especially since we don't have 4 wheel drive. But really? THIS was snowpocalypse? I'm underwhelmed. According to weather.com we got 6 inches. NOT the predicted 24. It is still snowing but the prediction is only another 2 inches. Storm of the century, hmph. LOL.

Steve is home today and it's paid without taking his vacation or sick time. And the girls will love playing in this. It should be a good, productive day. But I think the most memorable thing about this storm will be all the hype, lol.