Driving in Snow for Dummies

I am a Utah native. My body make is 30% snow. This lends me the rare and coveted ability to drive in snow. I am now willing to share my secrets. Please use the following advice and information to your advantage.

1. Properly scrape your windshield and windows before leaving.
2. Slow down! It is expected to go 5-10mph below the speed limit.
3. Leave a RIDICULOUS amount of space between you and the car in front of you. You never know when you or they will slide.
4. Use caution when turning. That is when you are most likely to slide.
5. Lines no longer exist. You have to use your imagination to make lanes. Follow the car in front of you.
6. Often residential streets only get plowed going one direction. This means roads often become single-laned but still need to facilitated two-way traffic.
7. Turn into the skid. This one is tricky because when your car is going left and you want to go right, you instinctively want to jerk your car right. FIGHT THE INSTINCT and turn your wheel left. This will give you control and then you may proceed to go right.
8. Plan extra time for travel.
9. Better safe than sorry.
10. Always pack a coat and gloves.
    

Man Hug

Right now I just want a man hug.

From a big man

A Tongan, perhaps.

Squeeze out all my mundane problems with

An embrace

Encased in a

Button-up shirt,

Sleeves rolled up to the elbow.

I want all the bothers to

Disappear behind the

Chest pillowing my head.

Maybe,

Just maybe,

I'll find money in my pockets

Room in my schedule

Friends in my kitchen

Orange juice in my fridge

After a man hug.