This must be the Witch's Narnia. (Episode 3)

I am back in the snowy lands!  (Yep, got out my boots this morning.)  And am I ever, judging from the drive we had yesterday (Dallas to Bartlesville, OK).  I can't say my cousin, who drove with me, and everyone else didn't warn me.  I think these pictures speak for themselves:

The White Witch has turned me to stone!  (Ice is a kind of stone, right?)

Rusty was a stud and drove the last half to give my white knuckles a rest.

You should see the other guys!

The shards of my window scraper after I used it as a hammer to de-ice the front of my car, posing with its conquered ice chunks.

Other notes: I've been having a wonderful series of visits, adding to both sets of grandparents and aunts and uncles in Arizona as well as my cousin in El Paso, now my aunt and uncle in Georgetown (near Austin), Andrew in McKinney (near Dallas), and currently my cousin in Oklahoma.

me and Aunt Linda

Also!  I had a job interview (on the phone) last Thursday, which was extremely exciting--here I am preparing...

...but I didn't get the job.  Sorry, folks.  I'm still planning on subbing and looking for other work when I get where I'm going.

At any rate, tomorrow it's back on the road for the final push to Maryland.  Yes, I know the weather will be horrible.  But I think I've proven myself.  Besides, if you know me, you know I hate waiting around.  Stay tuned for more updates.