The Cagle Chronicles: Snowpocalypse 2014

What a difference a week makes. A week ago I was at work waiting to be sent home because of the impending Snowpocalypse. Today it's supposed to be 65 degrees.

It took nearly 4 days for us to thaw out. The roads were clear enough for me to report back to work at noon on Thursday. In case you've missed the news last week, the South was blanketed with a sheet of ice and snow. Our area was lucky. We were expecting it, so most schools and businesses were already closed when the storm came rolling in. My work made us go in (you could take leave, but if you did and they let us leave you still had to use leave...stupidest rule ever), so I did and they finally decided to send us home around 9:30 after the ice started falling. My 40 minute commute turned into an hour long commute, but it was nothing compared to folks in Birmingham and Atlanta, some of whom it took a couple of days to get home. Those cities were only expecting a dusting of snow and ended up getting pounded with snow and ice a lot earlier than they were expecting. It was a mess. There were countless stories of people abandoning cars on major roadways and walking home.

1. Our house looks pretty good in white.
2. Looking out the front window.
3. Our mailbox won for the longest icicle. It was crazy!
4. My car iced over while I was driving home from work.
5. I think Eric's truck had the largest accumulation of snow.
6. Icicles on the diving board!
7. Being snowed in = Homemade Chipotle Burritos and wine for dinner.
8. My poor rose bush got iced over, too.

We didn't get nearly the amount of snow we were hoping, but we still made sure to get out and enjoyed it. Eric made the most of the last week of hunting season and kept sending me pictures on Tuesday afternoon of his hunt as the snow was falling. He said that might have been one of his most favorite hunts ever, despite the fact that he missed an 8-point deer. I took advantage of my down time and did as little as possible aside from a couple of puppy walks and workouts. Since school was out I didn't have practice or dance classes. I barely knew what to do with myself with 3 free nights in a row!

We went out to the hunting land on Wednesday and I got a picture of the barn we stayed in the previous weekend. What a difference a few days make!

There was a little more snow there and it was so pretty! The pond had completely frozen over, and that bare spot is from where Eric's truck was parked as the snow was coming down on Tuesday afternoon.

Oh you know just hanging in the woods.

I might have temporarily gotten myself lost in the woods while we were at the hunting land. We went to look for a deer that someone shot the day before but could not find. When we got to the bottom of the hill (by the pond) Eric told me to walk 30 yards alongside the pond and then go straight up the hill. He took off the other way and I told him I would make a bird-like sound if I found it (not sure why I felt the need to do that but I was in the woods, might as well be one with the creatures, right?). After a couple of minutes I heard a bird-like sound from the direction he went so I bee-lined in that direction. After a few minutes I still didn't see him so I walked back to the top of the hill thinking he had already dragged the deer out. I didn't see him or a path where he'd dragged a deer, so I called his name several times.....no answer. Mild panic set in at this point. I was out in the woods, it was 20 degrees, and I have no idea where my husband is. I finally pulled out my cell phone to call him. He answered. He had not found the deer. I heard and actual bird, not him calling me. He was back at the ATV by the deer stand (which I could see barely). I took off toward it and found him. Thank goodness! And thank you Verizon for your excellent cell reception! And now I can say I was lost in the woods during Snowpocalypse 2014.