Near Oops

We had a major snow fall yesterday afternoon and evening. It's beautiful outside, but makes driving a bit hazardous. Well, my friend called and needed a ride to Midas to pick up his car that's getting repaired. It was only 3:00 and the snow had only recently started falling, so I packed up the baby and headed out to get him before the snow got worse and rush hour hit. I didn't get very far when I realized the roads were already pretty darn bad. I was careful to stay WAY behind the cars in front of me and drive slowly. Despite that, I started slipping....I slipped for about 15 yards when I realized I had to hit the car in front of me or hit a mailbox. I opted for the mailbox....luckily, my prayer as I was doing all of this worked and the car, the baby, and I all escaped w/out a scratch. The mailbox just pushed the side view mirror in, but left no marks. At that point I was too freaked out to continue and called and bailed on my friend.
Turns out, the roads kept getting worse and worse. It was taking people more than 4 hours to make a 20-30 minute commute. Made me VERY happy that I wasn't back at work yet. Snow is much more fun when we're sledding in the Haute rather than trying to drive in the city.