More like SleetPocalypse. Or FreezingRainPocalypse.

(If indeed that snow was a housewarming present for us, then I owe the city of Portland a HUGE apology.)

So the snow was pretty. Everyone went pretty happycrazy and it was cute seeing all the munchkins grabbing toboggans and racing around outside screaming and sliding down two-foot hills. Apparently the white stuff shows up once or twice every year maybe, and rarely a solid two inches like we had on Sunday.

But after the snow came the freezing rain. And with the freezing rain came a skating rink disguised as a city! An inch of solid ice + hills + no salt/sand/plows + Priuses with bald all-season tires does not a happy city make. In fact, it makes a crazycakes city. So much craziness (not happy crazy, the other kind…).

I was skeptical – I’m a good ol’ Canadian/Minnesotan girl and I figured that the Jetta had winter tires, I’ve got my winter legs already, no prob. But The Husband went to work yesterday (fortunately he takes the bus) and within half an hour he emailed “It’s crazy out here. Do NOT go outside today.” Apparently a guy at his bus stop actually had to get down on hands and knees and crawl his way forward to get there.

The only buses that were running yesterday were the ones with chains, and that did not include school buses. So they canceled school! And they canceled it again today!! Which means we STILL haven’t had first day of school around here. Cross fingers for tomorrow!

In more fun (but no less icy) news, we had our first Portland outing over the weekend. We went to see the Winterhawks play at the Moda Center (hockey, same league as the Brandon Wheat Kings, I think?). Good times:

Seems pretty normal, yes? Except for the craft beer available in the lobby (yes!), the kick assist (seriously – a guy kicked the puck with his skate straight to another player who then shot it in for a goal), and this:

Ice dancers! Dancers! On ice! With special shoes! And pom poms! Did I mention this was on ice?