Showers and Showers, Part 2

Well, they weren’t really exaggerating about the major snow storm.  Fortunately, it waited until the drive home to really start dumping.  That way, I was able to attend the bridal shower, where I won the “Purse Power” game!  This game involved Trina reading a list of items with different point values, and me being the fastest at pulling the most crap out of my purse.  I’m not sure whether or not to be proud of my victory!  A few years ago, it would have been Mom in first place, but I appear to have inherited her purse packing tendencies, as she has managed to downsize her purse!  Some of the items I scored points for included red lipstick, a working flashlight, a battery (inside the keychain flashlight!), a granola bar, and an iPod.  The sad thing is that I could have pulled out at least four different items that would have qualified as red lipstick (not to mention brown, pink, mauve, clear, shimmery…).  On top of that, I also had a spare cell phone battery, to go with the winning battery inside my flashlight.  I don’t know if all this means I’m really prepared for what life has to throw at me (except a paper cut – I didn’t have a Band-Aid with me), or if I really need to pare down my supplies!

On the drive home, as I mentioned, the snow started falling, which led to a 4-5 hour drive turning into 8 hours!  When we were almost to Laramie, they apparently closed the highway in both directions.  It was such a strange sight to be driving along the interstate with absolutely no light or traffic coming from the other direction!  And to have Mom call and say, “You’re driving on a closed road!”  South of Cheyenne, the snow was so deep, I thought the Cavalier would get stuck.  Fortunately, thanks to Tina’s excellent driving skills and the good kharma that seems to follow the Cavalier, we made it home with no problems!  Or… if there were problems, I was relatively unaware of them, thanks to the mind-altering affects of the horribly vile tasting cough syrup that I was guzzling.