Winter Slams Us

My Uncle John and Aunt Mary invited me to join them for lunch today at the Abbotsford Community Centre/ We had chicken borscht. It was a Christmas celebration, of sorts.
That's my aunt Mary in blue. Beside her is Aunt Leeza, her sister. And beside her is someone else whom I am related to by marriage. Uncle John and Aunt Mary:

I left Abbotsford at 12:20 pm and got onto the freeway AKA "Nightmare Winter Highway".

THIS is why I drive a 4x4:

And this is why it took 3 hours to get home:

Ahhhhhhhhh. Winter.

I hate it.

And then?

A piece of ice got stuck under the windshield wipers so that the ONE SPOT on the windshield that I look through did not get cleared:

And my visibility went from 100 to 10 (%) for the last half of my commute.

Grrrrrr.

Three things I'm thankful for:

1. I drive a tank.

2. I don't live in Alaska.

3. I have one gas fireplace that works.

Shalom,