The Process of Leaving

This is what we go through each time we want to go somewhere:

- Put my hat, coat, scarf, gloves and boots on
- Put Nolan's hat, coat, gloves and boots on
- Walk out to the parking lot, try to keep Nolan from stepping in the high snow piles, where he would disappear completely
- Unlock car, pray the doors haven't frozen shut, get Nolan in his carseat
- Brush snow/scrape ice of tops, sides and windows of car
- Start engine and crank the heat
- Put the car in reverse, then in drive, then in reverse again until I build up enough momentum to slide sideways out of my parking spot (or do a complete 360 like I did the other day)
- Drive slowly up the hill out of the parking lot, trying to not slide and hit other cars

Then it is another whole process when we get back from going out somewhere...makes me want to stay inside all day!