BLIZZARD WARNING

well it looks like where i live we are going to have a blizzard! it was interesting to me to find out what conditions are considered a blizzard and it having to do with wind and visibility. the storm is in two parts the weatherman said we are over the first part and got about 3 - 4 inches of snow and then around midnight it is to start snowing again and we are expected between midnight and nine a.m. to get an inch an hour and have the high winds. i am dealing with it much much much better than i thought that i would! i think it has to do with a few things...i have been going out and sweeping the patio from my door to the patio door so if i had to get out i could...the sidewalk from the patio door to the main sidewalk is somewhat clear i think due to all of the salt i dumped on it......i have plenty of food and pop and things like hot chocolate and such and gracie has plenty of dog food both dry and wet and she also has treats and bones....i have plenty of medications and also my cell phone is charged if i need to use it if the regular phone goes out...i have radio that is battery operated and also has a huge flashlight on it....i am praying....i know i can call people who know that i freak out and panic easily....so surprizingly i am staying for me somewhat calm. i did get a bit on the panic side when i thought that i should stay up all night to be able to sweep the snow away from the door but am thinking that i can deal with it tomorrow a bit at a time and with only having slept two hours since wednesday i hopefully can sleep. i think though if the wind is as bad as forecasted i will be up lots anyway due to gracie hating the sound of the wind and trying to comfort her. she went running out when i opened the door just now to sweep the snow and came running back in because of the wind. i know that i should not be eating junk food but i have to say that i am glad that i got some comfort junk food yesterday at the store knowing that i might be in most of all of the weekend.
my friend maureen and i had a good conversation today. i was glad that she had the time to call me. i do hope that the weather is so that on monday she and i can get together for coffee and that i will be able to go to see nan. what is the weather like where you live?