getting some weather

This weekend, we're getting some weather.
One of my coworkers hates this "southern" phrase. It's all weather, she insists.
Regardless, the weekend forecast calls for snow. All day, everyone invoked the snow caveat. "Hey, if we're all here Monday, we will definitely get that printed." Even the weatherman advised viewers to get food for two days, including something that didn't need cooking. After so many seasons of drought, ice and snow is expected to bring down trees on powerlines.
This expectation is over a forecasted 1-2 inches of snow.
In fairness, we do not get a hit of powerful snowstorms. We get a "wintry mix." First rain, next sleet that ices. Finally, snow. Our dark roads look like a shiny whale's skin in the rain. They look exactly the same with a thin sheet of ice on them. And in our last blast of rain and freezing temperatures, I was again on the roads, trying to get home. I didn't spin out between the town of Hiram and home, but I drove 15-20 mph most of the way. And on one icy stretch, I had to inch along.
Currently, we're an eager state full of school children, wishing for a snow day.
I think I'm making chili.

--Laura