Christmas 2010

This photo sums up the winter of 2010... snow, snow, and more snow. During the first storm, it took 3 hours to get from work to Hudson. Since then, I have stayed overnight at a hotel twice, in order to avoid that situation. The cost of a hotel room is $65, but it is much better than sitting in traffic for 3 hours.

Christmas will be a few days off from driving this year. I've put about 10,000 miles on my vehicle since July. That doesn't sound too bad, but most of that has been in the last 3 months. I'm putting on about 520 miles per week, which adds up to 2080 miles per month. If I move to Hudson and telecommute a few days each week, by the end of next month I should be able to cut that down to 160 miles per week. That is the plan anyway, but right now, I'm just trying to get through winter like most everyone else in the upper-midwest.