As i'm sure i have previously stated..one of the biggest reasons why ryan and i decided to move to SC was to get a break from SNOW. we were tired of being cold, tired of removing it from our cars, tired of driving in it, just TIRED of it. but lo and behold..february 12th came around(my 23rd birthday) and snow started to fall. SNOW..icy cold wet SNOW. and sadly, i had to work on my birthday and didn't get off until 7..but ryan tried to perk up my day by telling me he had a surprise for us that night..(what? surprise?) that perked my ears right up. he then proceeded to tell me i needed to dress nicely because of where we were going(another surprise..ryan doesn't do fancy schmancy). he said we had a reservation so i needed to hurry home after work. WELL. i was all excited..maybe it was SNOWING, but i had a nice dinner coming up to look forward to. i had my mom and sister helping me figure out what to wear and thoughts racing trying to figure out where we were going to go!
so 6:30 rolled around and i was able to get off work early!(BONUS) then i walked outside and my car was covered in SNOW. (still baffles me that we got snow). i had no snow scrapper so i brushed it off with my sleeve as any utahn would have done. i drove home carefully, but slowly i started to feel like going out was going to be a bad idea. Because south carolina doesn't get snow..having snow plows isn't necessary. so the roads were covered in snow and NO body knows how to drive in it. i felt like quite the expert, but not having snow plows-whether you know how to drive in it or not-isn't helpful.
I got home and ryan was dressed in his black slacks with a pale pink button down(lookin' all hot and stuff) and jointly we decided to reschedule our reservations. i finally figured out where he was talking me and there was no way we'd make it back safely.
so we opted to head just down the road to logan's steakhouse(basically texas roadhouse) and afterward we thought we go to a movie. after dinner we walked out side and it looked like REXBURG. there was atleast four inches of snow on the ground(and the roads). we again decided to take a raincheck on a movie because again..there was no way we'd make it home safely if we went to a movie and tried driving home at 11 at night with NO snowplows.
NEEDLESS TO SAY..the SNOW put more than a DAMPER on my day.
the next day we woke up to no POWER. there was no getting ready. there was no warmth. there was no making a delicious breakfast. SO we did what every other south carolinian did and played in the snow/build a snow man. (granted, i didn't touch the snow once..i WATCHED.)
ryan got me flowers for my birthday/valentine's day. this card was my favorite part.
the dog who won't even go outside to pee when it's raining..played in the snow...no one will ever understand him.
snow on palm trees...you don't see THAT everyday.
he turned from a british soldier..to a ganster..to an old man..to hitler by the end of it all. he was huge..alteast eight feet tall. and eventually collapsed on my sister in law jenny when she tried taking a picture with him(surprisingly even got a cut on the face from it)..oh how i wish i had been there to witness it..haha
my birthday get up from mi madre. (i
can always use another dress!)
