I drove eight miles round trip to my daughter's school on the east side of Olympia at about 9:45 this morning.  I lost control of my car when I tried to slow down for a turn, and ended up sliding 90 degrees in the wrong direction.  Fortunately, I didn't hit anything.  On the return trip, on just the same icy hill, both the car in front of me and the car behind me (a big pick-up and an SUV, both four-wheel drives, I assume) lost control and ended up in the ditch.  Just a few hundred yards up the road from where they lost it, I saw a man standing on the side of the road with three children, presumably waiting for the school bus.  It seemed like a really dangerous place to stand with kids at the time.  I'm dreading the return trip to pick up my daughter in three hours... Maybe I'll find an alternate route.  It seems funny that school was closed all day yesterday when the roads were much safer. 

Beautiful indeed, I stopped in my tracks today to gaze entranced at the snow blowing in sunlight outside my window. :)