Snowmageddon

It came. And it packed a punch. Just like they promised.

They call it the Great Blizzard of 2010, or just "Snowmageddon." (Personally, I also liked the Snowpocalypse.)

We're officially having the second snowiest winter in the history of Baltimore. But don't worry, the relatively small storm we're having on Tuesday will undoubtedly give us that little push (we only need 0.4 inches more!) to put us at number 1. This weekend's storm was (when last I checked....I think people are still arguing official numbers) the #2 snowiest storm in Baltimore ever. Remember that storm we had in December? Yeah, it was #8 on that list. Pfft! And we thought it was so bad.

I think I've seen more snow in the last two months in Baltimore than I did in the three months of winter I saw in Albany. Am I the only one that finds that weird?

It started snowing late morning on Friday. Friday wasn't bad though. The snow was only moderate, and it wasn't even really sticking yet. It was light enough to hurry to pick up a few last minute things for the snowed in weekend.

Friday night it started getting heavier. Overnight Friday to Saturday, as predicted, was the worst. When I woke up this morning (Saturday), there was nearly a foot and a half outside.

We woke up Saturday morning to this:


But don't worry. Soon we were eating this:



And I spent most of the day being incredibly lazy. We had a late night the night before, so I was still tired. As I was taking a nap on the couch, I heard someone throwing snowballs at my window. Turns out it was some friends of ours, who were walking around and stopped by our house to say hi. How nice! (Even though almost all of us were still in our pajamas.) We invited them in for hot chocolate and cookies.


They took this picture as they left. This is me and my four roommates in our living room windows. (Sorry the glare is bad. I'm on the far left.)

Here is me and all my roommates on this great snow day!

Admittedly, I was really lazy about taking measurements this time around. I know, I know. I was just...well, feeling lazy, and not wanting to be cold. (I'm kind of tired of being cold, and tired of the snow.) I did take some though, after it had stopped snowing, sometime around 6:00 or 7:00pm. I used the same 24-inch ruler that I did last time. This picture (with our house in the background) about sums up today.

Oh, wait. This one by my car is even better.

Speaking of my car, doesn't it look sad? Oh wait, you can't see it. Well, trust me, Filbert is ready for spring too.


Proof that Baltimore DOES have snow plows.

Among the best moments of the day was when Ashlee decided that she absolutely HAD to get the Mountain Dew that was in the backseat of her car. We documented this undertaking.





Victory!

We made homemade pizza for dinner, but....I didn't take any pictures. But it still tasted good.

They've canceled church tomorrow, so we get another snow day. I'd rather have spring though.