Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature

We are now experiencing the April Fools Day version of the Groundhog Day movie. New morning but same scenario. I just wish Mother Nature wasn't in on the gag. It's not funny anymore.

And it's only Day Two.

So that whole business with the calendar saying it's SPRING. Just ignore that. Here in central Wisconsin we are actually in a Winter Storm Warning. Not just a Watch – but a warning.

Two weeks into "spring" and we've got snow days lined up from here to Wausau and north. Pretty sure by now the school districts are out of snow days. But it seems like the smart move this time...

That's us – right in the middle under the 11 inches-PLUS. Uff da. They first said 5-8 inches, then 6-10 and just decided to go for it with 7-11 inches. The sneaky part is that there may only be 2 to 3 inches on the ground in the morning. But then, about 8 a.m. or so, they (the smart guys) said it will snow 1-2 inches per hour.

Yeah, sounds like a good day to plug in from home.

Beyond the weather, it was also a screwy day for the Spring Breaker. First he had to go to the walk-in clinic for a painful sinus infection. Thankfully, the antibiotics are helping already. Then, after I got home from work, he was waiting for his ride back to Platteville and about 6 p.m. he heard from them... They were already in Platteville! Oh boy. Talk about some miscommunication there.

If we didn't have this Winter Storm Wilbur staring us in the face, you know this momma bear would have driven Carter down there, stayed overnight and come back in the morning. Instead, we had to let him take "his car" (well, the one he drives the most) and he'll have to play musical parking spaces for the next 6 weeks. Definitely not paying $300-some for a permit at this stage in the semester. He knows people off campus. He'll make it work. The important thing is that he just texted that he made it there safely.

One less driver we'll have to worry about tomorrow. For the rest of us, we'll have to see if Mother Nature's blue snow belt shifts during the night. Even if it changes to a lighter blue, it's still not a funny joke.

We are not amused, Mother.