Just My Luck

No "luck of the Irish" for the Syddalls this year... the Spring Break curse has struck again.  
Yesterday was a balmy 69 degrees, and today will be mid 60s.

Then the storm will roll in... around midnight.  We can expect up to 10 inches by morning, 2 feet in the mountains.  YUK!

Last year we just wanted to take a quick trip to Moab... the day before our scheduled departure, the weather reports were not good.  So we made a last-minute decision to head out that night and at least get through the mountains to Grand Junction.  We chose wisely, as the snow came as predicted, but we pulled into the hotel around 2 in the morning.  After checking in and getting everyone settled in bed, we immediately fell asleep... to the tune of innumerable semi trucks driving by on the slushy I-70 literally right outside the window.  Then at 4am the fire alarm went off.  No joking.

Once again, the weather is going to play havoc with our plans.  Again we have made a hasty decision to head out today instead of tomorrow.  The storm is supposed to roll in around midnight, so we plan to leave by 7pm to get through those treacherous Rocky Mountains.  Track meet:  not going.  Swim practice:  not going.  Parent/Teacher conference:  only if everything else gets done first.  This time we will try a different hotel in Grand Junction.  One not located on the edge of the freeway.  We'll be staying in one room -- cozy, huh?  But then... tomorrow... Las Vegas, baby.