So…is traffic bad out there…?

I woke up to the sound of rain on my bedroom window awnings.  I can tell the difference between the sound of rain hitting them and sleet.  When I went out to feed the birds I saw the temperatures had risen enough that the rain had washed all the ice from my tree and the front step handrails.   But the outer burbs got it last night.  A co-worker told me this morning that all the trees in her neighborhood were drooping from the weight of the ice on them.

I had to come in early because we are deploying software today, so I drove Traveler the few blocks to work rather then walk in the rain.  It’s not a bad drive since it’s just a few neighborhood streets I drive down, not any major highways, and there was no ice anywhere here in the city.  But I am so glad when it’s like this outside that I live so close to where I work.