So as some of you know, I have just gone through quite the life experience. Sunday I returned from Montana to find that we were getting snow out here in Seattle. Quite the shock, since that doesn’t happen too often! Up in Bothell where I live, we had about 3-4 inches. Monday morning I got up at 4:30am to make sure I could give myself plenty of time to get to work. However, I made it to work in record time, 20 minutes!! Well little did I know, that my trip home would be a whole different story! I left work at 4:40pm and didn’t see the inside of my apartment until 1:15am the next morning. 8 hours and 35 minutes of a commute for roughly 15 miles. Who knew a thing like this could happen. Now I understand all the stories about people abondoning their cars and relate to the chaos and fear. For about 2 1/2 hours of my trek, it was snowing heavily, and then the last portion it was just cold and the roads freezing over with ice. Thank the Lord I had a few carrots and an apple left over from lunch. Now my bladder was another story! It is amazing all the thoughts that go through your head when you really need to go to the bathroom, but not too sure what to do about it. I thought of a few ideas, but I won’t share. My next issue, was that my phone was on it’s last bar and did not have a car charger that worked and I was still hours away from home. Soon the roads were frozen and I was sliding into the next lane and couldn’t do anything about it except stop and pray. I don’t remember ever being this scared in my entire life. Finally I turned off my car, went through my trunk, found my car charger and got back in. I just prayed that my car charger would actually work this time, and thankfully my prayer was answered. I immediatly called my dad who stayed on the phone with me for the remaining 2 1/2 hours of my journey. We prayed and talked and told stories, and I felt as though my dad was sitting in the car next to me, which was a HUGE help. He was also able to get on line and try to see what was going on ahead of me. He was my eyes from afar. God truly answered our prayers and gave my tires traction and while other cars were spinning out around me, God kept me steady and moving through all of it. I have never been so thankful to walk into my apartment and see the bathroom and then my bed! Tuesday, I was thankful that I didn’t need to go to work and heard on the news at 7:00am, that some people were still just arriving at home. I heard it took one person 14 1/2 hours to get home!
Well, this marks another Seattle adventure to add to my memory book. Until next time, be sure your car is winterized!!!