Snowing in Memphis

It's snowing in Memphis. It has been for about 2 hours.
The snow started before 2pm, but it wasn't sticking at first. I couldn't leave work today until after I finished some production work, and I was rushing that the best I could. B called me at about 2:20 to let me know it was sticking in Midtown, and that the roads and traffic were starting to get bad. I debated traveling home on the interstate (not a highway, a low-way) or on the main cross-town street, Poplar. After consulting with co-workers, I decided on I-240, as the risk of stop-and-go braking accidents would be less on the expressway.
I left my office a few minutes before 3. There was approx 2 or 3 inches of snow on my car - roof, front windshield, rear windshield. Scraped it & defrosted before I set off. It took me 40 minutes to travel 15 miles, going 30-40 mph, and watching idiots speed by me. There is snow on the ground, snow on roofs, and still hunks of snow on my car.
My cel phone (the only phone I have) is working intermittently. I am posting this to let y'all know I am okay, the Internets and the cable are working, and I am in for the night. The bookstore did NOT need me to come in, thank the stars.
Apparently, this time the weather guys were right.
oh, and Memphis cannot drive in bad weather. For Pete's sake, people, slow the F down. You may drive a truck, but that just means I'll be more damaged when you skid out and crash into my little Toyota.
I'm eating some Post Raisin Bran, and will more than likely make a little hot cocoa later, maybe some soup. It's cold, it's snowy, and I'm in on another Friday night.
Oh, and I had wanted to bake, but I have only 2 eggs, and no Crisco. So, that's out for tonight. ACH, well.

Grandpa Bill going to hospital

I just received this email... I'm really conflicted right now.

I have a complicated and unresolved relationship with my mom's side of the family, specifically my grandfather. If you know the story, you know why - but I'm not getting into that here. It's not worth it.

Healthwise, my grandfather is a type-1 diabetic, with a third kidney transplanted from my aunt (his 5th child) 20-something years ago. He's been in and out of the hospital for years, and his health is often failing. He's had infections in his feet and legs for years. Like most lifelong diabetics, he can't feel below his mid-leg. His wife (not my grandmother, his 2nd wife) is also a diabetic whose health is failing. And my great-uncle Bob, his younger brother, died of complications from his diabetes several years back.

My siblings and I have know for years that his health was failing. At the bad times, we've said that at least we hope we'd get some money when he died. At the worst moment, my mom was talking of asking him to take us out of the will.

Yet, still, he should be prayed for. He is, for all his many faults and transgressions, my mother's father, the reason my mom is here (and therefore, the reason I'm here).

Pray, simply, for the best situation, whatever that may be. And pray for my family. Whatever happens here, his ill health may again raise issues.

And, geesh, my brain is addled with this.

P.S. if you want to know more about his health, the history of his diabetes, >my mom has written about it here.

-----Message-----
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 18:50:24 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: alicia (mom)
To: me & my siblings
Subject: Fw:grandpa Bill going to hospital

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Uncle Bill
Sent: Feb 7, 2006 5:26 PM
To: my mom & her siblings
Subject: Dad going to hospital

Hi All:
I just got a call from David telling me that right now Dad is checking into UCLA Medical Center (310-xxx-xxxx) to have some sort of surgery. I think he said an angioplasty is needed to open the veins in his leg so that the wound(s) on his feet can get better blood flow in order to heal. Apparently, the wounds have not healed for many weeks (months?).
Pray for his recovery and the surgeon's skill & good judgment.
Love, Bill