okay, aside from seeing the giants beat the patriots (take that mr. brady!) i am just happy to be alive. seriously.

you know, driving in WHITE OUT conditions is NOT fun. nor is it a good thing when your windshield wipers are clearing off CHUNKS of snow, instead of melted snowflakes off the glass. Furthermore, you know it's bad when you start hearing this horrible noise which only happens when you're starting to drive OFF The road (because the sides of the roads have those bump borders and you can't tell the lanes because the roads haven't been cleaned and all the cars are making up lanes for themselves) AND! the top halves of all the road signs are covered in snow so you can't tell where the hell you're going. yes folks, wet snow sticks to metal road signs.

i honestly was scared that i was going to miss my exit and end up in iowa or something. no joke.

this just goes to show that despite my utter disdain for driving, i am competent enough to drive in snow now. (it only took what... 10 years?)