A wee bit slippery
posted in Frenzied Daddy |It was snowing this morning as I took the DQ to school. I had k103 running so I could turn around as soon as pps decided to close the schools, but they never did.
As we went up Columbia, it got snowier and snowier. It was falling from the sky like Oobleck. Everything was ok, though; we took it slow and easy. In fact, I had the DQ call the friend we pick up just to let her know we were running late.
As we turned off Columbia onto 33rd, I realized that the snow was a little worse on the road here, and that it was actually a bridge, something I was trying to avoid. I must have turned the wheel a little too sharply or something because suddenly the car was at a 30 degree angle to the direction of traffic, then 45, then 60. I frantically spun the wheel into the direction we wanted to go (turn into the skid) and the car went back to a “normal” orientation, only to continue on. I spun the wheel in the other direction, and the car slowly evened out. Didn’t hit anything, didn’t go past 90 degrees.
The DQ was white, however.
We continued on our way, a little slower, a little more careful. Eventually we got her to school, a little late, and I waited for ten minutes and then headed home. Schools aren’t closed yet. Maybe tomorrow.
