It’s snowing hard out there.
I’m not ready to call it a blizzard yet, but it is the heaviest and most prolonged snow I’ve seen since I got here (and the forecast doesn’t look to be changing any time soon).
To let people know how serious it is, I should tell you that I actually put on my red scarf for the first time since I arrived in Wyoming … and it looked white by the time I made it indoors.
Before I started my nightly trek after work, I told my boss – I hoped jokingly – to keep an eye out for a Caleb-shaped snowman when she left.
In additional to donning a scarf, I experienced one other landmark event last night. I took my first tumble in Wyoming. For all the ice, slush, and snow I’ve slipped and slided through, I never fully succumbed to gravity until last night.
I was talking on the phone at the time, and shortly after that my phone started acting batty. I can hear people clearly on it, but others can’t seem to hear me. Curious.
I’m not sure if a transmission tower has gotten jacked up in the storm of if the fall caused something to get jiggered in the phone or if I accidentally turned on some previously undiscovered muting option.
This will probably take some frustrating experimentation to settle.
Those seeking to call me (or those who receive calls from me) in the short term should please be patient as I attempt to wrangle this out. Thanks.
