A World without walls
everyday life while homeschooling overseas
Amman is still suffering from that 'little' winter storm that we had on Saturday. Wow. There is still a good foot of snow/ice on the ground everywhere, because people don't know how to get it out of the way AND because it's not getting hot enough to really melt it all away. The sun comes out, melts a little of it until it runs down the streets like little rivers, then night comes and it freezes solid. I hate this type of weather. This morning, the embassy opened late. I was going out to drive Devin to the embassy so I could have the car so we could go to our climbing class... when we got out to the car, Andrew and Claire were slipping and sliding around on the 2-3 inches of solid ice covering everything. That car wasn't going anywhere. Poor Devin walked to work, and we canceled climbing class...so we're still at home. Well, at least we're getting some good school work done! I'm just hoping that the snow melts soon. My printer ran out of ink, and they don't have the kind I need at the stores close to my house. :( I have to go really far in order to find what I need, and I can't get there because of all the ice. Alright, so MAYBE I could, but I'm not ready to fight all the idiot drivers here. Sorry, was that not nice? I love the Jordanian people, but even they admit that at the best of times, it's horrible to drive here. Add to that some slick ice and deep-ish snow, and it's nightmarish. I'm not going out until there's none left. That's final. I'm ready to get out and do some other fun things, but not until I feel a little safer.
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K. Lea
12/26/2013 04:47:18 pm
What a strange sight! I had the privilege of being in Athens as a little girl when it snowed for the first time in recorded history-yes, that's a few millennia! But this beats all, for sure! Hope you guys had a Merry Christmas!
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