Epic blizzard

yep, thats me, enjoying the snow!!! never saw so much snow in my life, and i enjoyed it, very much!!

according to cnn, the blizzard was huge, but not as historic as they were reporting it could be before it happened. but to us, it was all those words. epic, historic, fun, amazing!! the only discomfort i experienced was a quite sleepless night. the wind was going crazy around our apartment, and i just could not sleep.... we did not loose power, nothing bad happened, so for us it was really only fun. while we got up, the snow-removal-team was already working hard again removing all snow (it took them the entire day). as public transport was suspended also today for the entire day, we just spent the entire day outside around our place. my goodness, there was so much snow!! just down the street is a park, and thats where we did some sledding as you can see above. there was no snow-removal in the park, and trudging through knee-deep (or deeper, at places) snow is really tiring, i found out! finally, finally, my winterjacket and boots were put to good use. i bought both after our first winter here in boston, and then never really needed them.... 

public transportation is suspended tomorrow as well, which is too bad, as i would have liked to go into boston and have a look at the city in white... but driving is allowed again (from 4pm on friday until 4pm today driving was not allowed, due to the weather. only emergency workers, snow removers etc were allowed on the road). i guess we will just stay around the house and enjoy the snow a little more before its gone again....

Snorkel parka!!

when i woke up this morning and (of course) immediately looked outside there was no snow. and it wasnt snowing.... i have to say, i was a bit disappointment (my colleagues too, i found out later...). anyways, we got ready for work. just the morning, as it was already announced that public transport would be suspended in the afternoon. while we got to the lab, some snow started falling, but just tiny flocks....

above you see tim in the jacket we bought him yesterday at the local thriftstore. i guess its aptly named "snorkel parka", hahahahhaha! when we got home in the afternoon there was still not that much snow, and it wasnt much of a storm either. "is it coming, or what?" we were saying to each other....  i guess around 6 the snow started to come down faster, and the wind was picking up too. it got dark, we went to the gym, had dinner, blablablblablbla.... and i guess now we are in the real storm. we went for a "stroll" around our apartment complex around 9.30 this evening.... what a snow!! there was at least a foot of snow, and with the strong winds blowing it into your face.... tim was very happy with his snorkel parka, blocking most of it out! we made a round, and when coming back, all our footsteps had already been erased by more snow.... and while we were just hopping around, having fun, a snowplowing crew was working very hard to remove the snow (i guess if they dont keep up, it will be very hard to remove it all tomorrow). i felt so bad for them, some just boys, and many of them not even wearing a decent jacket..... they were also going through the streets with a huge bulldozer, uilding an enormous mountain of snow right in front of some apartments; when we walked by it was almost up to the second floor! (american second floor, in the netherlands that would be the first floor). im glad we are not living there, everytime they were throwing on more snow i would be afraid the mountain would collapse into our home....

so... im curious how the world will look tomorrow. i hope we wont loose power... according to the news many people did already, and here the lights flicker every now and then.... now its time for to sleep! good night!