Ice storm? Not so much.

Well, I awoke this morning expecting an inch of ice, and horrible roads.  Knowing that I HAD to make it in, I prepared to leave early.  I went outside and saw a TON of it.  Yup, it was a TON of...ready for it? rain.  Yup, just rain.  There was no ice, other than what was there.  Roads were fine, just wet.  I drove the speed limit all the way to work.  What a build-up for nothing.  Typical for Missouri weather-guessers.

However, Kansas City fared much worse.  The lab was without power for 7 hours last night, and we answered phones for 2 hours today, using flashlights to see the phone, because there are no windows near customer service.  It was an adventure, but we still lost 9 hours of production time during the busiest time of the year.  ACK! 

I even got to run an errand to buy 12 flashlights (every flashlight they had at that little hardware store) so we could see to answer the phone.  Answer the phone to say, "I'm sorry, I can't help you.  I can't look up the order, I can't rush the order, I can't stop the order, but by GOLLY I can answer a phone really well!

It stayed above freezing all day, so there is no new ice.  It is supposed to stop raining before it drops below freezing.  If so, there will only be a light glaze of ice in the morning.  Thank goodness.  I can deal with a light glaze.  mmmmm...donuts.  Oops, sorry.  I'm back.

Anyway, here we are.  I will likely work on Sunday, but will try as hard as possible to be at Mom's in time for dinner.  Brett WILL be there.  I just need to figure out the logistics.