Cold and Icy
This has been quite the exciting day so far it seems. This morning I woke up at 8am as I usually do when the kids are here to feed them breakfast. What I noticed was, I was freezing cold and shivering and i was wrapped up in my blankets. I knew it was going to be cold out, in fact, I believe today is the coldest it's been this winter. But, something wasn't right. I went downstairs and it was twice as cold. The thermostat only goes down to 60 degrees, and the gauge was at the bottom. I could hear the furnace running in the basement, but no heat was coming out of the vents. Thankfully, the maintenance people at the apartment came up rather quickly and determined that the motor to the ventilation systems fan had died. All is well now, but it took quite some time to get warmed up this morning.
After that ordeal, it eventually came time to take Hailey to her bus stop. She gets on the bus at her mom's place in Grand Ledge. What I left a bit early realizing the roads may not be great. What I wasn't expecting was for there to be traffic completely stopped on the highway. I was in some traffic jam on I-96W for at least a good 20 minutes. I'm not certain what exactly caused it, but there were cars off the road all over the place. I ended up having to drive Hailey to school as we missed the bus. In all, the 40 mile round trip ended up taking me an hour and a half to complete. Along with this, I saw at least 15 cars off the road. I hope however decided that cutting funding for salting the highways is aware of the problems they are causing.
Later tonight the kids and I are going to the movies, hopefully this day will turn around and get better.
After that ordeal, it eventually came time to take Hailey to her bus stop. She gets on the bus at her mom's place in Grand Ledge. What I left a bit early realizing the roads may not be great. What I wasn't expecting was for there to be traffic completely stopped on the highway. I was in some traffic jam on I-96W for at least a good 20 minutes. I'm not certain what exactly caused it, but there were cars off the road all over the place. I ended up having to drive Hailey to school as we missed the bus. In all, the 40 mile round trip ended up taking me an hour and a half to complete. Along with this, I saw at least 15 cars off the road. I hope however decided that cutting funding for salting the highways is aware of the problems they are causing.
Later tonight the kids and I are going to the movies, hopefully this day will turn around and get better.