Snomaggedon

Take note - today is April the 11th. Last year in early April we had temps alarmingly in the 70s. Felt like the end of days, with so little water and such high temps.

The good people of our city and state spent the spring, summer and fall praying for water. Literally praying. And it seems that this is the year our prayers were answered - in fact, many years of prayers were answered at the same time. 

We have had a lovely, wet, snowy winter. Just what we have needed. It's been such a relief to keep track of the snow and water totals building up all winter long. People did start to grumble a bit once it got to be late March and the snow kept coming, but I tried to remember that we have been absolutely desperate for water for a very long time. It seems like half of the headlines lately have been about the shrinking Great Salt Lake and the deadly consequences of its disappearance. So yay for the water!

Our Spring Break was not much of a break at all. I mean, yes, it was a nice break from school, but it had very little to do with spring. Emma was signed up for some sewing classes up at the top of the avenues and we had to abort the mission halfway there one day because I simply could not get up I street because of the snow and wind. The van just kept sliding back down and it was a miracle that I was able to avoid smacking into another car. It was quite the wintry week. Sideways snow for two days. Finally it started to clear up and get a little warmer over the weekend. But that was just the warm before The Storm.

I'm going to go ahead and say that I feel like our school district had a solid three days that they should have at least postponed school if not closed it. Monday we woke up to 6" of snow and terrible roads. Round two of the storm arrived on Tuesday, lasted until Wednesday, and brought us to a total of 18" in our yard. A foot and a half! It was so crazy. We were lucky enough to get a call from the district at 4:45 in the morning to tell us that school would be happening as usual but we wouldn't get in trouble if we were late. Seriously? So ridiculous. 

The storm finally blew itself out by Wednesday afternoon, and the sun peeked its little face out. Things stayed pretty cold for a couple of days, but it was 70 degrees by Easter Sunday, and today was 80. Welcome to Utah, folks!