batten down the hatches

history was made today. calvin college cancelled classes for the first time since 1978, so the story goes. it was a time of rejoicing in the land of reformers. the reason for this jubilation is the blizzard many are fondly naming "snowpocalypse." i have never witnessed such an insane amount of snowfall! people were stocking up on the necessities in preparation for said snowpocalypse. i heard meijer was chaos. everything became real to me when i got into my 4-wheel drive blazer this morning and easily cut through the snow that threatened to block me in. a few brave souls had paved the way through the deep snow on our street before my blazer and i could have the pleasure of conquering the road on our own. however, i was still quite giddy whenever i got into my car today and went off-roading (which, in this context, means any of the secondary/neighborhood streets). today was the best day of my car's life. unfortunately it was not all just fun and games; there was some work involved with the blizzard if you can believe it... today i spent a decent amount of time snow blowing, shoveling, and rescuing cars that had foolishly driven into snow that was beyond their capabilities. this may sound crazy but i didnt despise doing all of that. i think that what made it ok was the fact that the sun was shining, a rare occurance in the west michigan area. sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy (john denver knows what he's talking about) but the opposite is also true. darkness is not the condition in which i prefer to snow blow. that being said, you can imagine my dismay when i pulled up to my house and realized, with one horrified look at the end of my driveway, that the snow plow had visited. midnight - hard snow, three feet high. such is the life of a michigan resident.

modeling the height of the snow at 2am... it snowed for another 7+ hours