Atlanta Blizzard 2010

Snow in the south!  Who’d have thought?!  Sure enough after weeks (feels like years) of freezing cold temperatures, we had snow Thursday afternoon, evening, and night.  Andy loved seeing the ground, the deck, his truck, all covered in snow, but probably not as much as he loved the snow day his attending called for Friday.  It was nice seeing the snow and waking up to a beautiful dusting all around, but the south is just not prepared for any degree of snow and the roads in many places around here are still icy, especially in shady patches.  It’s certainly pretty, but I will end up worrying about Andy with his long commute each day until the weather heats back up – which, frankly, can’t come soon enough.  I’m done with winter now.

I just haven’t been all that excited about the cold weather this year (despite it’s relative novelty for us) because I don’t have enough clothes that fit that I can successfully layer.  People always say that pregnant women in the summer are so uncomfortable, but I think the winter might be worse.  It’s hard enough finding a shirt that fits (I currently have two), but finding an undershirt, a shirt, a sweater, long underwear, pants, and a coat that actually zips up is pretty much impossible.  I’ve given up and just admitted that anytime I leave the house I will be cold.  Thank goodness for gloves, hats and scarves which don’t have sizes, and for Andy’s ski jacket (the only thing that zips over the belly), otherwise I’d be in a real mess.  But at this point, I refuse to buy more maternity clothes.  I’m 35 weeks pregnant, which means I only have a month or so to go.  It doesn’t make sense to buy something that will fit me for 4 or 5 weeks and then never fit again (until the 8th or 9th month of the next pregnancy).  I just have to accept that the only things I have that fit are sweat pants, two shirts, one pair of jeans, and one dress.  Thank goodness I work from home!  I’m at the stage where I’m just ready to be done with pregnancy, ready to have my old body back (or close to it), and ready for Riley to come out and join us.  Not too much longer now, but I have the feeling the next four to five weeks will feel like an absolute eternity.

Check out a few pictures of the 2010 Atlanta Blizzard!