A Wintry Mix About To Hit NWA

Today, a large portion of the southern central US is about to get pummeled with a good amount of rain, ice, sleet & snow. Northwest Arkansas is not going to be spared this coating either. This is not good news in my own humble personal opinion.

First off, let me admit...

I hate extreme cold, wet and icy days. Abhor them. It's usually not about anything that happens to me that makes me hate them either. It's normally watching, seeing and hearing people who somehow fail to realize that winter comes once a year absolutely freak out when the first flake falls on the ground. These people do one of a few things.

1. They raid the grocery stores like Y2K is about to hit us and put us back in the stone age. That whole Y2K thing really turned out well, didn't it? LOL
2. They don't drive any different with ice on the ground as they do when it's dry. This is why you see a lot of people in the ditch, involved with rear-ended accidents and taking trips to the ER. It's always safe to assume at all times...ice is slick. Things that try to navigate across ice usually end up either on their keister or severly diverted from their original path. Why people continue to drive 45mph in a 35mph zone, especially on icy days, astounds me. And yes, I've already seen it happen today.
3. I just hate the cold, wet, icy days that signify winter is here.
4. Delays and/or cancellations of normally scheduled events is a big letdown. We've got 2 major ones that could be postponed or outright cancelled because of this winter storm. First off, Friday night, Shiloh Christian is welcoming Harding Academy to Springdale for the semi-finals of the Arkansas Class 3-A State Playoffs. With the amount of snow & ice we may get, it could cause the game to be postponed to a later date (Saturday??) which would then affect my other engagement...

taking Kaitlyn & one of her friends to Little Rock to see the Cheetah Girls. I guess I should look at it in a positive light:

if the game Friday night is postponed to Saturday, I won't have to go to the concert and be subjected to 2 hours of 8-12 year old girls screaming at the top of their lungs. I thought the Hillary Duff show was bad a few years ago. I believe the Cheetah Girls could deafen me permanently.

So, not only do I get to miss the screaming, I also get to maintain my current level of hearing...a level my wife questions quite often.

Tonight however, as the ice & snow fall across the Midwest, the Hogs go back to our old stomping grounds of Columbia MO to tangle with the Univ of Mizzou Tigers. Thankfully, ESPN2 is carrying this game tonight so I'll be able to watch it.

I guess I just need to come to grips that it IS December and winter is here for the next few months. At least I got to get 18 holes in (for $24 no less) yesterday morning. HA!