1/29/26 – Snowstorms, flights, and oral surgery, oh my!

Hey there happy reader,

What a crazy week I’ve had. I was in Los Angeles to stay with my older grandson while his parents traveled to Salt Lake City. My son produced the short film, “The Oracle,” which opened this year’s Sundance Film Festival. It was exciting for the team that made this wonderful short movie and even more exciting for me to have my grandson to myself for a few days.

We went to the playground, we baked blueberry muffins, and we played endless games concocted from our imaginations. A good time was had by all…

However, the warning bells had been rung about the snowstorm that was gathering strength in the mid-Atlantic states and was aiming for the northeast. 

Being the seasoned and proactive traveler I’ve become, I immediately rebooked by flight to go home twelve hours earlier than I had originally planned. I was relieved to get a seat on Jet Blue’s red-eye flight back to JFK and happily paid the change fee.

Then things got strange…

I got to LAX and immediately noticed that I was the only person being dropped off by an Uber outside the terminal. Once inside, it was like a ghost town… I could hear the sound of my heels reverberate against the floor as I made my way to security. There was no line. As a matter of fact, I WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE!

So many flights had been cancelled, but mine was leaving on time – a miracle! 

I think the main reason my plane was going to fly was because Jet Blue had to move their crews to their hub in New York. It seemed like every other seat was occupied by a Jet Blue employee, which turned out to be a good thing.

As we made our descent into JFK, the weather had picked up and ice pelted the plane. When I realized that the employees weren’t concerned, it went a long way toward keeping me calm. When our wheels touched down on the runway, a large cheer went up – the pilot’s co-workers were rooting for him!

Mission accomplished… but then of course, I had to take a car service home on an untreated highway. We slid all the way to my house, Thankfully, there were very few other cars on the road and we made the trip unscathed!

We ended up with over a foot and a half of snow and with the brutally cold air that is expected to hang around until mid-February, we’re going to be living with this frozen cover for quite a while longer. 

And of course, we’re gearing up for yet another snow storm this weekend. Winter is certainly making a statement this year!

I don’t mind being inside writing and I am recovering from some minor oral surgery, so I guess it’s a good time for me to spend an afternoon binging something on television. I’m sure there’s a rom-com or two I’ve missed…

For today, stay warm! Curl up with a good book and a cup of tea and read! Winter offers us the perfect opportunity to take a few hours for ourselves – and we deserve it!