Well, this Christmas Eve was none too exciting. I had to leave Weatherford this morning at 7 so I could get to work for our 10 patients... some of which were elective surgeries and could have waited... but either way... I left my wife with her parents and sisters in western Oklahoma. I drove an hour and a half through sleet, but made it to work okay. I did see a couple of cars flipped over though, but the roads weren't that bad. I worked for a few hours and then left work about 3:30pm. I started on a drive home that normally takes me 25 minutes. Fortunately my wife convinced me to stop and get gas. My tank showed I had 50 miles to go until I hit empty. I only had 17 miles to go. Couldn't be that bad. But I stopped and refilled. So now I had 415 miles til empty. I told my wife not to expect a call from me saying I was home in 25 minutes. She said she would expect one in about an hour and a half. So... an hour later... I had gone... 1 MILE! Woo woo! Traffic was ugly. The interstates were closed and everyone decided to try the road I was on. They also decided to block the lanes of traffic, so there was a lot of sitting around. I finally decided to change roads and made it to one parallel to what I was previously on. Then... someone else was blocking a lane and I had to go around him... so I made it... into the snow drift. Now I was stuck for about 30 minutes. I got some help from the guy behind me. We fought with my car for a bit - and got no where. Then we noticed another truck that had stalled in the intersection. We both pushed him back on his way, then we tried my car again. Thankfully, mine started rolling again. Once I got to Rte 66... things were by far better. I covered about half of the trip in the last 45 minutes. Once I made it to my neighborhood, the snow was in drifts up to 2-3 feet. My road had cars on both sides of the street and tall snow in the middle of the road. I floored the pedal and plowed through the snow.
Once I got to my house, I could see the snow drifts piled up in the driveway. I tried to plow into that and park in the drive way. This was as far as I got... I think the front bumper was in the driveway. The rest of the car was in the middle of the street. It stayed there for about an hour or so until I decided to go try to shovel some of the snow out of the driveway. It was a bit cold... and some of the snow I did shovel, blew back into the spots I just shoveled. Hmm. Anyway, here are some more pictures of the snow around our house. These had to be taken with the iPhone camera since our other camera was in Weatherford. My plan for shoveling was to at least move the car a little more into the driveway. This was as close as I got on shoveling the snow out of the driveway.
This at least moved the car out of the road, but I hadn't intended on parallel parking. Oh well. The last few pictures are of our decorations again. I turned on our Christmas lights and our tree lights. I also decided to put out some milk and cookies "for Santa
." However, he didn't show up in time, so I had to eat a couple before they spoiled. The tree no longer has presents under it, but I am hoping that my last Christmas present I get is to see my wife for Christmas. She is still stuck in Weatherford, and we hope she will make it out here tomorrow, but I guess that is yet to be decided. I would definitely rather her be safe than try to make it here when it is still crazy outside. Anyway, my drive home took me a mere 4 hours. My 17 mile trip took almost 100 miles off my gas tank. Not so fuel efficient. Well, it is late and I must get to bed... or fall asleep watching a movie on the couch. We will see. I have a long day ahead of me shoveling snow.
Anyone want to come help?
Once I got to my house, I could see the snow drifts piled up in the driveway. I tried to plow into that and park in the drive way. This was as far as I got... I think the front bumper was in the driveway. The rest of the car was in the middle of the street. It stayed there for about an hour or so until I decided to go try to shovel some of the snow out of the driveway. It was a bit cold... and some of the snow I did shovel, blew back into the spots I just shoveled. Hmm. Anyway, here are some more pictures of the snow around our house. These had to be taken with the iPhone camera since our other camera was in Weatherford. My plan for shoveling was to at least move the car a little more into the driveway. This was as close as I got on shoveling the snow out of the driveway. 
This at least moved the car out of the road, but I hadn't intended on parallel parking. Oh well. The last few pictures are of our decorations again. I turned on our Christmas lights and our tree lights. I also decided to put out some milk and cookies "for Santa
." However, he didn't show up in time, so I had to eat a couple before they spoiled. The tree no longer has presents under it, but I am hoping that my last Christmas present I get is to see my wife for Christmas. She is still stuck in Weatherford, and we hope she will make it out here tomorrow, but I guess that is yet to be decided. I would definitely rather her be safe than try to make it here when it is still crazy outside. Anyway, my drive home took me a mere 4 hours. My 17 mile trip took almost 100 miles off my gas tank. Not so fuel efficient. Well, it is late and I must get to bed... or fall asleep watching a movie on the couch. We will see. I have a long day ahead of me shoveling snow. 
Anyone want to come help?
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