Where's my headlamp?!

Some of you may have heard about the Northeast snowstorms last week.  By Idaho standards, it wasn't that much.

However, Easterners aren't used to that kind of weather and it makes travel nearly impossible.  Traffic is miserable on a normal, sunny day, so snow and ice multiply that misery by 72.  

The storm put hundreds of thousands of homes in the dark.  Our little apartment was one of those homes:

 

Before

After

Even the snowmen by the metro station were a little put out:

 

Our power was out for two days, but my roommates and I survived by sealing off the back rooms, dragging our mattresses into the living room, and playing cards by candlelight.   

Life could be worse. :)

Me with Laura Jayne and Emily

 We ended the week with ice skating and grocery shopping:

How cool is this?!