Recipe for Missing the Bus (uh, carpool)

Start with four inches of heavy, wet, packing snow on your car. Underneath, make sure there is a half inch of frozen ice, especially stuck to the windshield wipers. Once you have all that cleared away, make sure there is enough snow under the tires to prevent you from backing out of the parking space. O, yes. Make sure the son has stayed up late and is very slow about getting ready.

The pickup van was just about to leave the complex when we finally managed to pull around the corner and head towards the office. I flashed my lights like a crazy person, and fortunately the driver saw me and waited. Otherwise Drew would have been *very* late to school since I had to open the library and would not have been able to drive him until after 8 o'clock.

At least the sun was up and shining