[Magdalen] Safely arrived (was Travel prayers)

[sally.davies at gmail.com]

Glad to near you are safely home, Kristen and Heather!

Sally D

On Sun, 07 Jan 2018 at 1:54 AM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Glad you made it safely.  These conditions are a great struggle for many
> people.
>
> It was -27C (-16.6F) this morning, -21C (-5.8F) now, but warmer weather
> is round the corner with snow and even above seasonal temps until next
> weekend.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 1/6/2018 3:25 PM, Kristin Rollins wrote:
> > We safely arrived home early this afternoon. We had overnighted in
> Charlotte and had no problems in our drive, mostly on I-85 and US 58.
> Shortly before the NC/VA line, we started seeing snow in the grass. It was
> probably about Emporia, VA before we saw it at any measurable depth, but
> the roads were fine on US 58 and the Interstates we were on in Hampton
> Roads. The city streets were a little scary, since I have had (until today)
> zero behind-the-wheel wintry road condition driving time.
> >
> > Our apartment complex, OTOH, is a horror show. The roads and the parking
> spots are completely unplowed. It was only thanks to finding a vacated
> spot, and the assistance of a shoveling neighbor (who had to help push us
> from being stuck two or three times while we pulled into that spot, as well
> as help shoveling some of the snow ahead of us to attempt to prevent us
> from getting stuck again.
> >
> > We're obviously not going to church tomorrow. And Heather is obviously
> not going to the office Monday morning. Hopefully by Monday afternoon,
> enough will have melted to make things passable so we can leave the
> apartment complex. (Especially because I think it's supposed to stay in the
> 40s overnight, so we shouldn't have to deal with refreezing.)
> >
> > The church we've been attending this Advent is hoping to stream their
> main service on Facebook, so that may be what we do tomorrow morning.
> >
> > Kristin
> >
>
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