screaming on the inside

so yeah, not the most uplifting title for a post, but that is basically how i feel today.

this week is crazy. the first 3 1/2 months of internship flew by without any funerals. now we have two this week at church.

and of course, this week also happens to be christmas.

i'm okay with being busy, but what saddens me most right now is that my xmas plans are changing.

let me elaborate.

i decided last week that i was going to leave early friday morning, aka christmas day, to drive home to my parents house so i could see my family, get out of minnesota, retreat to the south, and play with cats. then spend a total of 24 hours in parkston before traipsing back north to bemidji on saturday evening so that i would be back for sunday services.

and i was getting really excited.

but that does not seem like i will be able to do any such trip.

cause the weather predictions are not friendly.

according to the national weather service and meteorologists across the midwest, snow is very, very, very, very likely for christmas.

but not just a nice, pretty dusting.

oh, no.

this morning, predictions for snowfall in bemidji until saturday, december 26: 5-8 inches. as of just a few minutes ago, that estimate was bumped up to 8-12 inches of snow. and the farther south i would drive, the more snow predicted. such as the 12-16 inches for much of eastern south dakota. or the 16+ for the south eastern south central part of south dakota, aka the part between i-90 and nebraska and between the missouri river and 1-29. the exact part of the state in which parkston is located.

that's right. predictions of roughly a foot and a half of snow for my hometown while i would have to traipse through a foot of snow the entire way home.

which means that if these weather people are right with their predictions, there is no way i'm going to be able to travel home on christmas.

which is why i'm screaming in disappointment on the inside (i'm too midwestern to let my emotions show up in vocalized outbursts)