ice, ice baby

status check - good
background ambiance - silence

a storm covered much of the state with a sheet of crackling ice this afternoon and evening. it was deceptive - springing up all of a sudden (at least for those of us who don't live by the weather channel) and slickening the roads, sidewalks and cars within an hour.

as i walked from the parking lot to my office building to go running (part of my pre-new-year's resolution), i had to grip onto the corner of a building to slide myself up and around the sidewalk incline i consider gentle in better weather. i saw a passenger in a car stopped at the red light laugh - i curtseyed after completing the feat.

this woman-versus-nature moment made me feel justified later in the day, as i snickered watching two girls try to walk up a hill - one step forward, three slides back.