Oo la la! C'est froid!

I am back and sort of getting adapted to the 9 hour time difference.  Thank you melatonin!  The 6 inches of snow which fell last Sunday night and Monday morning have pretty much stayed around - unusual I am told.  The forecast is for more snow tonight and VERY cold weather next week.  I just want it to warm up enough to keep the roads clear when I go to Lyon on Sunday and then drive back with Nancy on Wednesday.
It is all very pretty with the snow still clinging to the trees on my drive to work in the morning - can't say much about the evening commute - it is usually dark by the time I drive back to the apartment.
One note of amusement - now, that is.  Last evening I worked later than usual gettting a response to a customer request completed.  When I went out to the uncleared parking lot, the temperature had dropped and the ice/snow was quite slick - especially to my lightweight little car with no snow tires.  I had congratulated myself on making it to the normal exit gate - where the gate refused to open; and backing up in the snow was virtually impossible.  I finally made some progress about 2-3 feet at a time by getting out, kicking the snow away from the tires, and then backing/rocking again.  After about 10 minutes of this and about 2/3 of the needed progress, one of my fellow late workers came out and provided the extra push to get me to a flat/packed enough area to drive out the normal entrance - which had cleared from the traffic and sun on the paved access.  (Did I mention the exit is NOT paved - it is a light colored gravel that hold the snow and ice very well.)