A little wrench never hurts anyone...

Especially like a blizzard in Colorado.  My mom's first flight yesterday was cancelled in advance of the snow that started yesterday morning.  All the school districts closed for a snow day.  Now, in New York (tri-state area), people kind of panic when it starts to snow, and they will cancel or delay schools because the WEATHERPEOPLE ARE PREDICTING SNOW.  No matter if it is currently 70 and sunny, if the forecast is snow, schools are cancelled.  

In Boulder, where I grew up, the rule of thumb was that unless the school buses were literally buried in so much snow that they couldn't physically LOCATE the buses, our education was more important. 

But they closed schools yesterday because the roads were so bad.  In fact, the highway itself was shut down, and my mom couldn't GET to the airport.  So for a few hours during the day, the trip was off- we figured we'd re-schedule for April or May instead.  It broke my heart to imagine not getting to see her, but yeah, a blizzard legitimately fits into the category of "things we can't control."

I even offered to my boss the Broadway tickets we have for Saturday night for The Thirty-Nine Steps.  French people, however, do not like Broadway.

BUT... the story has a good ending... we got her on an 8:00 am flight this morning (He-llo 4 am airport shuttle!) arriving this afternoon.  

Good thing this trip didn't end up BORING or anything!