lots of snow

ah yes, the snow! first, it was the torrential downpour, causing high levels of turbidity in our water. now, vancouver has been hit with an early winter, and it's virtually brought the city to a stand-still. we are ill-prepared for such weather, and particularly now since it's arrived so early. vancouverites are fortunate ppl....usually the snow stays on the mountains, but when it comes to town, good grief! i think everyone east of the rockies is laughing at us!

on this fine morning, i wasn't sure whether i should leave early for work, or just at my usual time. turns out i could've been early, except i couldn't find my gloves or my scarf. then i wasn't sure which shoes to wear - doesn't really matter cuz none of my shoes are winter-worthy. bottom line, i got to the skytrain station at my usual time. of course, i should've known better that the train would be PACKED! and since it travels slowly when there's snow on the tracks, it took even longer to get to commercial drive. and then i had to transfer.....argh! my god, there were a lot of ppl at the station! skytrain thinks they're pretty smart.....less frequent trains, but make them longer. they figured that since a lot of schools were closed, a lot of ppl would stay home and off the roads. but then there are other ppl who have to get to work but aren't comfortable driving in the snow, so they take transit. let's just say i was very glad to get on the next train that came through broadway!

since i wore my regular work shoes, and nearly pk'd about 10 times outside, i decided winter shoes were on my shopping list. so i left work a bit early, headed to sport mart and bought myself some winter hiker-type shoes. they've got good traction - i didn't slip at all!

and then came the dreaded commute home - turns out it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. i did have to wait 2 trains before i could get on at burrard, but then transferring at broadway/commercial was pretty painless. i even managed to get a seat :-)

and now, on a happier note, the boil water advisory has been lifted for the rest of the lower mainland! yah! except, our water at home is still a bit on the brown side, so i'm going to stick to bottled water a bit longer.