Watch your step

When I woke up this morning, I first noticed the immense amount of snow outside my window and that it was coming down pretty hard. I looked on the net for what the temperature was (So I know what to wear, of course boots) and noticed that we are in the midst of a storm advisory. When i think of storm advisory, I think of wind and rain. Nope, this is a snow blizzard storm advisory, up to ten inches of possible snow and decreasing temperatures(possible ten below tonight). But there's one thing you have to be most careful of when it snows this hard, and that's the ground that you are walking on. As snow begins to accumulate and gets smashed down day after day, it becomes frozen solid ice. The streets are like hockey rinks, the sidewalks like greased pavement, and take nothing more than a half step at all times. As I pulled out of the parking lot I watched as a man and woman crossed the road with coffee in hand. The women was taking her time, while the man walked as though he was perfectly fine. As you may have guessed, two seconds later the man slipped, his feet flew up in the air, and he was on his back in the middle of the street with hot coffee all over him. Although I felt sorry for him, because I know how much that hurts, I couldn't help but laugh. I didn't feel too bad, because the woman he was with laughed as well, shaking her finger at him while he still was on his back. I made fun of them before I got here, but I definitely have to thank my mom for getting me the first pair of shoe spikes that have saved me from being the idiot in the middle of the street many times.