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The Snow-Ice Line
Mar. 25th, 2014 01:55 pmThe weather people were predicting snow between midnight and 2 AM. So I wasn't surprised to see snow on the ground when I got up this morning, but I figured that the highway maintenance folks had had a lot of time to clear the roads. (I had an 8:30 appointment with a therapist in Lincoln.) At first, the roads were clear, but then it slowed to a crawl. I cursed and wondered what was going on. Ice. A lot of ice on the road. We crawled along, sped up for a while, but then hit another patch of ice and crawled again. There were cars in ditches, so we weren't overreacting about the conditions. I would have made it to my appointment in plenty of time had the roads been clear, but I was late.
The therapist was nice about the fact that I was late. She said that there was an accident involving two semis and six cars going off of the road between Lincoln and Springfield. I'm assuming that ice had something to do with it. The snow-ice line runs between here and Lincoln. Lincoln does get snow, but Bloomington generally gets more snow, and a few times, Bloomington got snow and Lincoln got ice. Springfield is generally worse than Lincoln as far as ice is concerned.
The therapist was fantastic. She was genuinely interested and concerned, and she agreed that I need to try a different antidepressant med. There is a new doctor at the clinic in Lincoln, and she's going to get me an appointment with him. She apologized that it will probably take a month to see him, but as far as small-town Illinois is concerned, that's fast. She said that I could see her before the appointment with the doctor, but I decided to wait until after I saw the doctor. I feel like there's a weight off of my shoulders.
Then I went into work. The Library Director thought that I sounded really bad. (I have a cold.) He suggested a hot toddy, but I said, "Um, I don't think that I could have one here," so I had hot tea. I worked for a couple of hours, but decided that 1) I was coughing and sneezing a lot, and I really didn't want to get anyone else sick, and 2) I felt like crap, so I went home. I brought some work home with me, but I'm going to lie down first. (The Library Director suggested a hot toddy again. I have some hard cider that I could heat up.)
The roads were clear on the way back; the sun was shining; a lot of the snow had melted. However, I saw some snow flurries when I got home. I think that Mother Nature has a mood disorder. A rapidly cycling one.
The therapist was nice about the fact that I was late. She said that there was an accident involving two semis and six cars going off of the road between Lincoln and Springfield. I'm assuming that ice had something to do with it. The snow-ice line runs between here and Lincoln. Lincoln does get snow, but Bloomington generally gets more snow, and a few times, Bloomington got snow and Lincoln got ice. Springfield is generally worse than Lincoln as far as ice is concerned.
The therapist was fantastic. She was genuinely interested and concerned, and she agreed that I need to try a different antidepressant med. There is a new doctor at the clinic in Lincoln, and she's going to get me an appointment with him. She apologized that it will probably take a month to see him, but as far as small-town Illinois is concerned, that's fast. She said that I could see her before the appointment with the doctor, but I decided to wait until after I saw the doctor. I feel like there's a weight off of my shoulders.
Then I went into work. The Library Director thought that I sounded really bad. (I have a cold.) He suggested a hot toddy, but I said, "Um, I don't think that I could have one here," so I had hot tea. I worked for a couple of hours, but decided that 1) I was coughing and sneezing a lot, and I really didn't want to get anyone else sick, and 2) I felt like crap, so I went home. I brought some work home with me, but I'm going to lie down first. (The Library Director suggested a hot toddy again. I have some hard cider that I could heat up.)
The roads were clear on the way back; the sun was shining; a lot of the snow had melted. However, I saw some snow flurries when I got home. I think that Mother Nature has a mood disorder. A rapidly cycling one.
