What to write?

Argh, there is a reason I don't post here more often. I want to let people know what is going on in our lives, but sometimes it seems so mundane that to take the time to write about it wouldn't even be worth the trouble. This weekend I went to a Michigan Press Photographers Association conference to see the judging for the yearly contest. I didn't win anything, but it is still fun to be around other photogs from other papers and see what they are doing. The conference was in Lansing, a little more than an hour from here. I left the conference Friday night a little after 8 p.m. It was overcast and cold, but that was it. About ten minutes into my drive, I drove into a snowstorm. Not just some flurries, big fat flakes that were drifting over the road so I couldn't see ANYTHING! It was dark and all you could see was the snow in your headlights. The effect of the snow flying towards the windshield gave the impression that I wasn't actually moving. After slowing to a crawl for about 15 minutes and periodically hitting the rumble strips on the side of the road because i couldn't see the lanes, the snow finally let up a little. I thought, whew, I must have just gone through a little squall, but its over now. Nope. About five minutes later a semi and a few cars in front of me started slowing down really fast. I tapped the brakes, only to have the antilock brakes come on (which still freaks me out, we have only had our new van for a few months) and I realized the road was a sheet of ice. I passed 4 or 5 slide-offs in about a mile and a half, then it started snowing again. After I drove back into the snow. the road wasn't so slick, but I couldn't see anything again. Ugh. It took me almost 2 hours to get home, and by the time I reached Kalamazoo, it wasn't even snowing. Go figure. I am SO ready for winter to be over. I want to see green stuff and not have to start the car to warm it up or wear socks all the time. I want to see the sun! I t doesn't come out very often in Michigan in the winter. Anybody reading this from a warmer clime, please send some sunshine my way!