February Storm and getting a new job

So we had a snow storm in February. It was pretty bad by Virginia standards, and compared to what we are used to. In the city I think they decided we got six inches of snow, but obviously more piled up along some streets, depending on the wind and things. In some areas outside the city they got up to 14 inches or so.

It started snowing on Friday, and snowed off and on through the weekend. Tanner had at least two days of classes cancelled. I worked from home, so that was easy. Until I had a phone interview and then an in person interview with this new non-profit I work for.

Just starting

By Saturday morning it had all melted again, before the next wave. This news lady is right outside our apartment building! 

Getting late on Saturday

I didn't take many photos on Sunday, this was late in the day on Sunday, really piling up

I am not a fan

They got at least one lane plowed downtown where we live, though some streets were plowed poorly and then sanded. Our car got buried on the side of the road, we had to dig it out. That was ridiculously hard. Luckily a nice neighbor loaned Tanner a snow shovel. All we had were some ice scrapers, a heavy metal skillet and some kitty litter. The pan actually did help a lot.

This was also back when we had to park like 7 blocks away from our house. Because we didn't drive the car every day, so we parked on streets that don't have time limits on the parking spaces. So we had to walk over there to see how the car was doing

I saw this and freaked out. Our car was not quite this buried, thank goodness

Tanner did a spot on job digging it out. He drove it around the block, on Monday, before going to class. Then parked it right back in the same spot. Tuesday warmed up and tons of snow melted. So I was able to go to my job interview in the afternoon. 

I have to say I was totally freaked out! Job interviews are stressful. But I hate driving in any adverse conditions, I didn't know where I was going, I had to dress up and then walk through the snow. I had a meltdown and called my mom like five times. I just really need to plan ahead for things, and not knowing what the weather was doing was tough. It turned out all right. 

It took another week for the roads to get plowed and snow to melt outside of the city. Some neighborhoods even in the city were snowed in for a long time. While I feel like a lot of criticism of the city is deserved, in this case I don't think they could have done better. It only snows like this here every 15 years or so. 

Bonus photos. When I found out about a week later, after a second interview, that I did get the job. This is at Perly's, the place across the street. We got the fish board, with three kinds of preserved fish. It had smoked trout, which was really delicious. Plus bagels, cream cheese spread, pickles, capers, some veg. Then on the left are the Jewish Eggrolls, they are like pastrami and other meats, then fried. They come with a duck sauce, and a spicy mustard sauce. We each got a local beer. It was all really delicious, and pretty affordable, since we only got those apps. 

My job is going okay. I don't want to talk too much about it since my blog is tied in part to my name. This is the kind of environment where if I complained online, in a private venue, they would write me up for it at work.