Snow Day in PA

On Wednesday it snowed. Yep. Remarkably unseasonable for our area- we often don’t get snow until after Christmas, and even then only a few times a year. But no, all of the sudden on Wednesday morning, we realized that the rain was slowly getting heavier, and next thing we know we look outside and it’s a virtual blizzard. Most of the flakes were heavy and wet though, so not much stayed on the ground. But what a crazy thing! We were so proud of Barack because he was having a rally that morning somewhere near Philly (too far for us to go), where it turned out that 9000 people turned out in the freezing rain to hear him speak, many of them waiting for hours in the cold. Can you believe that? 9000 people! McCain was also supposed to have a rally in the area, but canceled it due to the weather!

The unfortunate thing about the cold, snowy day was that we learned the hard way that the office doesn’t have heat. Guess that’s what you get with donated space. For some reason the bathrooms and the hall to the bathrooms have heat, but none of the rest of the building (which is essentially an old car showroom floor). By 2pm we were guessing that it had dropped to about 50degF and we were all shivering and chilled to the bone. But of course, Hugh to the rescue!! We have this volunteer called Hugh, who has a small business hauling junk away like old furniture, and selling it. He has brought us a lot of our tables and chairs, plus shelves and trash cans, etc. One time he brought the biggest box full of post-it notes that I’d ever seen. So we called Hugh and asked him to bring over some space heaters, which he had previously asked us if we needed any. He not only brought over like 7 space heaters (which barely do the job), but also the extension cords to go with them. And he checked the circuit breakers to be sure we didn’t blow a fuse. Actually, that’s how he learned we don’t have heat at all, since he checked the wiring in the fuse box and figured out that it had indeed been disconnected a long time ago. The space heaters have made it just barely tolerable in the office, especially after dark, so we are just crossing our fingers that this coming weekend is a lot more mild!!