I played chicken with Mother Nature. . .

... and won.

This morning I was supposed to be on a bus to Boston to engage in St. Patrick's Day revelry and all that that entails. But then yesterday at noon it began to snow and didn't stop for the next 14 hours or so.

I called Greyhound about the ticket and it boiled down to this: The return bus from Boston was not currently running, but the departing bus to Boston had yet to be cancelled. I didn't have the time to deal with getting stuck there, so I called and cancelled my hostel reservations. (Thankfully, no fee and they were even cheerful). As far as the bus was concerned, I had two options. Cancel the ticket and pay the service charge and 20% of the ticket price or wait and see if the bus departed as scheduled. If it didn't get cancelled I'd be out the entire amount of the ticket. If it did get cancelled, I'd be given a replacement ticket to use anytime in the next year.

So I waited and hoped and won the face off. Woo-hoo! So it looks like I'll be headed to Boston another time. This time I'll make sure the weather won't be an issue.

**These pictures were taken while I was driving (I use the term loosely) home yesterday. It took 1 hour to travel less than 5 miles.**

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!