Ford Focus Floats on Flakes

I was much grieved when Ford stopped making the Escort. My Escort was a little mountain goat in the snow - handled pretty much everything a bigger car could with very little problem. However, I have come to discover that the Ford Focus actually does very well in the snow, too - although not so much on ice. More on that later.

First: we got POUNDED last night with snow. The news people were saying "biggest snowfall in a 24-hour period in at least 4 years, and maybe since 1979". That's a lotta snow.
My car was parked along the side of the road, so it sorta got "plowed in". Sorta. Mostly the plows cleared one lane, so I actually didn't have that much EXTRA snow to deal with. Good thing. Rocking the car back & forth finally got it out of my parking spot, and off I went. The car seems to pretty much float on the snow, and once it gets going, it stays going. I was traveling faster than some trucks were, with NO problem!

Sure, I only went about 40 mph the whole way to work, but hey, lots of people were going way, way, waaaaay slower. If there's no traction to be had, however, I have to slow WAY down because the car starts to slide out almost immediately.
All in all, pretty happy with the way my Floating Ford Focus handled last night & this morning.

Flying Solo

Well, so to speak. I'm back to work (week 2!) and, due to some things around home that need attending, Kev stayed home this week. So, I'm on my own. Considering that last week the only time I needed a driver was for the last hour or so on Thursday on the way home, I'm thinking I should be OK this week. I'm planning on using the pool at Tina's every night, and icing the ankle and stuff, so I should be good for all of Thursday.

Of course, this coming weekend is the MidWest GeoBash, and unfortunately NOTHING we're going to be doing is close to parking, so I'll be doing a LOT of walking this weekend - so I expect Kev'll have to come back downstate with me next week.
Oh well...one day at a time.
As it is, I'm getting back quite a bit of speed, which is nice. And I'll probably be making dinner tonight. Pasta and meat sauce and Texas Toast. Always a popular option.

Second Day of Work

Well, I'm back to work. I've found the handicap parking slots, and for now I'm definitely parking there. Couldn't find 'em yesterday (turns out they're in the Employee Parking Lot, not the Contractor Lot) so I parked in the Contractor Lot. Today my walk was about HALF what it was yesterday, and a good thing, too.

Not doing too badly, actually. Ankle's a little cranky this morning; we'll see how it goes.