Yukky Missouri Weather

It started snowing here on Saturday night. Not much snow, just really some flurries. We only had snow on the grassy areas. It didn't even appear to be slick yesterday. But, today was a totally different story. I was listening to the radio this morning while getting supper started in the crock pot and they said that they had reports of very slick roads. I looked out and it didn't look that bad. I was the first to leave since I had to be a work at 7 this morning. Well, as some of you know I work REALLY close to my house, only about 5 miles to work. I got about 4 miles to work with no problem...crossed over I-70 and all hell broke loose. It was a solid sheet of ice for the half-mile or so to the plant. I was a safe distance behind this car and she started to slow down to turn and Amy (my van) didn't think she should do that. She started to slide towards the other car. I begged Amy to stop and she did...just missing the other car. I made it to work, but was shaking really hard. I called home to warn Kristi and Tom. Kristi didn't even make it to Alayna's day care. The road to get there is hills no matter which way you go. Cars in the ditch, across the road, etc. So, Kristi called me very upset and said that she was going home, it wasn't worth risking her life and Alayna's life. So they had a "stay at home day" after they got back here. It was really nice, because when I came home from work at 6 tonight, she had supper almost done. Alayna helped me clear the table and load the dishwasher so that mommy and Bubby could go to the movie. Help came from all different directions.