who, upon learning of the latest winter storm warning from departmental staff, heads straight to the grocery store and spends almost $200 on food that she will only have time to prepare if the worst of the forecast comes true.
And yet I also believe that such reports are often exaggerated, so my just-home-from-the-grocery store motto is this: I will believe it when I snowshoe it.
[The move from third to first person in this entry plainly marks the conflict between my southern roots and my daily midwestern life.]