This morning I got a warm egg and bacon sandwich at Subway. It had bread and cheese in it that I am not supposed to eat... but dang it, I was hungry!
Found a quieter spot in the Walmart parking lot, but didn't sleep so well. Woke up several times. Need to remember to take that ZZZquil.
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From Z's blog... a pic of B. with Tsjavo :) I think he is really happy over in Sweden :)
They have even started geocaching!! Yay! Now they are going to try and catch up with me! haha, but I am about 385 ahead of them!
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We got hit with a snow storm, big time, and this side of the mountains just doesn't know how to handle it. The city does not have any snow plows, and there are no ranchers with snow blades on the front of their vehicles to help out. The only place I found that was clearing the snow at all was at Safeway.
The first morning it had just started when I got off of work, and I was a little afraid of driving with other drivers on the slick pavement, so I pretty much hightailed it for the first clear parking lot I know of. So I parked at the side of the closed Mongolian Grill and waited it out. It snowed, and snowed and snowed... up to about 10 inches!!
I had turned on the van to warm the place up a bit during the night, and then I had inch thick ice on my windshields when I was ready to move. I wanted to wait until the temperature had warmed up and things wouldn't be so icy, but the warm temps never appeared, although predicted, for over 4 or 5 days. So I ventured out in the middle of the next day, to find a better place to park... somewhere with facilities, food and wi-fi. Only the Will of God got me out of that parking lot.... I was slipping and fishtailing around, even in low gear! Then I kinda sunk down into a depression and thought, "What am I going to do if I get stuck?" I just went forward and backward, and forward and backward, and then, I caught traction and was up and out of the parking lot! The highway still had so much snow, and only a clear rut where cars had gone previously. It was a little bit scary.
Made my way to Safeway, and was able to breathe a little easier. Moved so the plows could clear the snow around me, and got some hot soup, and settled in to watch a little TV on the internet.
That next morning, it got down to 19* I think that is the coldest temperature I have ever been in, in the van.
Here is a pic so I totally remember that I don't want to do this again next winter... live somewhere where it is cold and snowy...
This was not fun.
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To pass the time, I spend a lot of time in the stores. I was looking for some almond flour because I can eat nuts on this special diet, but not peanuts or pistachios. I didn't find any in Walmart, but I discovered Coconut Flour and Quinoa Flour !! who knew? I also checked out Silk's Almond Milk and that is only 30 calories per serving, rather than 120 with regular dairy. Wow. Wish they sold in smaller containers though because I want to try it, but not have to buy a whole 1/2 gallon. Venturing out of my comfort zone... good deal!
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I made my way back to work, barely through the ruts again, did my 12 hour shift, then just stayed in the parking lot until my next work day started.
When I got off the next morning, finally my frozen rear view mirrors were thawed and the streets were finally looking fairly clear. Have I said already said that this town does not have snow plows?
Then I decided I need to try washing my hair in the van... It was something I had been putting off trying...
As I posted on FB...
Going to try washing my hair in the van today... wish me luck!
* * *
The first morning it had just started when I got off of work, and I was a little afraid of driving with other drivers on the slick pavement, so I pretty much hightailed it for the first clear parking lot I know of. So I parked at the side of the closed Mongolian Grill and waited it out. It snowed, and snowed and snowed... up to about 10 inches!!
I had turned on the van to warm the place up a bit during the night, and then I had inch thick ice on my windshields when I was ready to move. I wanted to wait until the temperature had warmed up and things wouldn't be so icy, but the warm temps never appeared, although predicted, for over 4 or 5 days. So I ventured out in the middle of the next day, to find a better place to park... somewhere with facilities, food and wi-fi. Only the Will of God got me out of that parking lot.... I was slipping and fishtailing around, even in low gear! Then I kinda sunk down into a depression and thought, "What am I going to do if I get stuck?" I just went forward and backward, and forward and backward, and then, I caught traction and was up and out of the parking lot! The highway still had so much snow, and only a clear rut where cars had gone previously. It was a little bit scary.
Made my way to Safeway, and was able to breathe a little easier. Moved so the plows could clear the snow around me, and got some hot soup, and settled in to watch a little TV on the internet.
That next morning, it got down to 19* I think that is the coldest temperature I have ever been in, in the van.
Here is a pic so I totally remember that I don't want to do this again next winter... live somewhere where it is cold and snowy...
This was not fun.
Next year I want to be in Arizona!!
But I have to leave by March because it's already getting into the mid-80's there in mid-February!
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To pass the time, I spend a lot of time in the stores. I was looking for some almond flour because I can eat nuts on this special diet, but not peanuts or pistachios. I didn't find any in Walmart, but I discovered Coconut Flour and Quinoa Flour !! who knew? I also checked out Silk's Almond Milk and that is only 30 calories per serving, rather than 120 with regular dairy. Wow. Wish they sold in smaller containers though because I want to try it, but not have to buy a whole 1/2 gallon. Venturing out of my comfort zone... good deal!
* * *
I made my way back to work, barely through the ruts again, did my 12 hour shift, then just stayed in the parking lot until my next work day started.
When I got off the next morning, finally my frozen rear view mirrors were thawed and the streets were finally looking fairly clear. Have I said already said that this town does not have snow plows?
Then I decided I need to try washing my hair in the van... It was something I had been putting off trying...
As I posted on FB...
Going to try washing my hair in the van today... wish me luck!
Sue Success!!
Sue Heather...
well you start with a plastic bag, a towel and a bucket on the floor,
and a bottle of water in your hand... and your shampoo. It was only 36*
so the water was cold... and talk about a brain freeze!! Got my hair
wet with about 1/4 of the bottle,
shampoo'd and rinsed with the rest of the water. Dried vigorously with
a towel so I wasn't sleeping with too wet of a head. It's do-able when
you need to. I have a whole routine for a birdie bath as well. I was
going to go to the truck stop today, but their driveway and parking lot
were just too slushy with snow... was afraid I might get stuck so I
didn't stop. Cats are fine... Tirzah is on the left there, looking out
the window
Sue I
used to be able to wash a dinner's worth of dishes in one pot of
water... and I once took a complete shower in 3 gallons of warm water in
practice for Y2K... so I guess this is somewhat of a piece of cake for
me! Hair turned out soft and fluffy Good thing I am just a "wash and go" kinda girl! (Always have been)
Sue Heather ... the kiitties are just getting fat because they don't have much room
to run, but I notice that they are not eating much either. Yarikh
jumps from the front seat backs to the back bed area a lot, and often on top of me!! They have a big window in the back and the whole front
of the van to watch the world from. Yarikh often lays on the dash
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:)
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