We are FREEZING out here!

Mike and I have had quit the eventful week! Oklahoma declared a "State of Emergency Winter Blast Ice Storm" Monday afternoon! Of course I was freaking out, thinking that our power would go out, we would lose heat, have nothing to eat and practically DIE! Mike on the other hand was calm and practical and knew we would be just fine! The FAA closed their academy both Monday and Tuesday, all public and private schools were closed including Oklahaoma University and Oklahoma State! Restaurants were closed, malls and shopping centers...closed...practically everything in town was closed due to the storm! No need to fear...Walmart and Taco Bell were open in full force though! The local news stations reported mostly on the storm and little other news, they asked people to not leave their houses unless an emergency...to stay indoors! Tuesday, Mike and I were so sick of being indoors that we decided to walk to our mailbox which is on the other side of our apartment complex....bad idea...it was like 10 degrees outside and our whole entire parking lot, side walks...the grass...yes even the grass was frozen solid! Our parking lot was one giant ice skating rink! We did make it to the mailbox and back with no causalties...but we almost fell on our butts about 2o times! Our car was covered in so much ice, more than I could have ever imagined...probably about a 1/4 inch thick of pure ICE! Today I asked Mike," Why on earth does the FAA keep sending us to cold miserable places? Why cant they send us to sunny Florida or better yet Mexico!" Who knows why we keep taking these grand adventures to cold places, but I am truly grateful for all of the experiences that Mike and I have been able to be a part of! We have made some amazing friends, made life long memories and grown to depend on one another and love one another more than we could ever imagined! P.S. We are slowly thawing out of our ice cubes and the weekend looks promising!!!! Enjoy these crazy pictures of ICE!