The Blizzard of 06!

Yeah, you read that right! We just may have a blizzard on our hands. Or as we call it in the South 3-5 inches of snow. There are constant shots of the line of 6 snowplows Nashville owns on the news and reporters covering the stash of road salt constantly. They were even salting our 'burb yesterday afternoon. I bet there's some sort of commission program with the weather forecasters and our grocery stores where they get some sort of cut on bread and milk sales during today. This one may have some merit, though. The National Weather Service issued a winter weather watch yesterday, and even Good Morning America mentioned the snowstorm that will give us a couple of inches and the Northeast a foot. It's supposed to start this evening, so we'll see. Normally I would be thrilled but this time I'm just not. A) We were in Miami less than two weeks ago and the sun on my bare skin felt incredible. Much better than itchy sweaters. B) There's this 5K we're signed up for on Saturday am and it would be much easier to complete sans snow. I was already worried about not being in top 5K form, so let's just throw some snow and ice in there to really add some fun! Of course we don't have Yaks, there was really no point for me to ever buy some (even though I do think they're pretty cool.) The race sute says it will be held rain, snow or shine so this could get interesting! AND, since the race comes with free NHL hockey tickets for Sat night we will be there! They didn't hold the race last year since there was no hockey season, but the year before had over 800 participants. It also has a 1 mile fun skate (rollerblades). The last Preds game we went to was during the last actual season, during the playoffs. The playoff series was tied and the game we went to ended the Preds season. Bummer. Hopefully we'll have better luck at this game! (But I doubt our seats will be anywhere near as good!)

The snow should start later this afternoon. I'll keep you posted!!