Work from Home Day...

Conditions have been icy for the past week or so. Mid last week, temperatures climbed up to near freezing (I should probably say "melting" instead of "freezing" when we talk about the opposite approach!), and the little snow we had gotten melted into a slick of shiny ice. Monday morning, things got worse as actual rain fell, coating everything with ice. I, like many others, decided to work from home that day, and cancelled my class.

Today, most of the roads have gotten gravelled, and conditions have improved quite a bit, although I still drive very slowly! The Minor News reports that this storm, bad as it was, was not as bad as our Icepocalypse! "Between .1 and .4 inches of rain fell in different parts of the Fairbanks area between 12:01 a.m. Monday and Monday afternoon, said meteorologist Ben Bartos with the National Weather Service... By comparison, Fairbanks received half an inch of freezing rain on Nov. 22, 2010, the rainiest day of that year’s memorable three-day Thanksgiving week ice storm. In all, Fairbanks received almost an inch of rain in the 2010 storm, which hardened to a glaze that covered the roads for the rest of the winter."

Hoomph. It sure seemed worse, to me!

Anyway, so I worked from home. In case you were wondering, this is how the dogs spend a weekday daytime at home. (I think the Frito Factory let them off for the day, as well. The Frito Factory bus could not drive safely.)

Look! Boneless huskies!


Pointed a camera up the schnozz...


Oh look! They trade places!


I am in awes.


Of all of these paws.


Paw-hance!


Roo selfie!


Cricket selfie!