I woke to slight snow fall with the sun peering through the veil of gray clouds and a thin blanket of fresh snow covering. I read that Maine was to receive a snow storm this weekend, ranging from 1′ - 2′ of snow. After going through my morning readiness I headed to the gym and then to Hampden to work on a client’s computer. The development that my client currently resides is new and hosts very large 3 story houses with plenty of surrounding land. As I’m waiting for their computer to restart I look out the window to a near white-out of snow, the flakes very large and falling fast. After finishing my work I make my way home, not being familiar with development’s roads as well as not being able to see that well I quickly and embarrassingly find myself in a ditch. I called my insurance company stating that I need a tow truck to pull me out of the ditch and roughly 15 minutes of waiting they arrived and successfully pulled me out, my car did not suffer any damage from going off the road.

When I arrived home Robin was there waiting, thankfully she did not have any problems getting to my apartment. We decided to go outside and make snowmen during the storm since it is something we both have not done in a long time. I unpacked my snowsuit for Robin and found a pair of old insulated wind pants for me. We were able to create a James snowman and a Robin snowwoman in under an hour. We had a good time outside in the snow, it’s peaceful and reminds me of my childhood when my brother and I would be in our field making forts and large snowmen. Bangor received a little over 15” throughout Saturday.

This is not an April Fool’s joke, as it’s the 5th of April, but last night central Maine received a foot and half of wet snow. I woke up this morning to the coniferous pine trees outside my window covered with snow. To my surprise as I was exiting my apartment I stepped into 15″ of snow that had not been cleared yet by the land lord, nor was the parking lot plowed. The main roads were not plowed or salted which led me to believe that the city did not expect this much snow to fall over night.

The Oak trees on Howard ST were layered with white puffy snow that caused the old branches to hang over the road as if they were reaching in to grab you out of your car and through the crevices the sun peered in as if it were trying to guide me out.

The Penobscot River had ice sheets cascading on top of each other while Ducks and what appeared to be Loons were taking advantage of open water. The snow shrouded tree line that runs along the jagged ledge shore overlooking the melting river were alive with Maine’s and Canada’s migratory birds cheering for the sun to melt away the very element they fly south from. Unfortunately my digital camera batteries are no longer taking a charge so I was not able to capture this beautiful sight.

This week has been very excruciatingly hot, the humidity is almost unbearable. This week at work I’m on outside service and every time I get into my car I instantly start to sweat! On my way back from one of our external sites the skies turned brown/black and rain started to pour down so bad that I could barely see while driving. The rain resembled what you would see while under water with no goggles; I could make out the smeared headlights and taillights mixed in with bright flashes in the sky. I stopped at a red light and hail started to fall, it was about the size of large BB gun pellets- there must have been two for every square inch. After what seemed to be 4 minutes the red light went out, traffic stopped and I decided to drive through, I slightly hydroplaned across the Joshua Chamberlain Bridge that crosses the Penobscot River. Once I reached the hospital the storm started to calm and I could see the lightning much clearer; I wish I had my new camera, I’ve always wanted to capture lightening. On my walk to the hospital I was hit by a piece of hail, it surprisingly stung, it felt like I was shot by a BB gun.

I’ve always enjoyed storms, it’s one of the many ways God shows the power of His creation- not only are the visual aspects of storms appealing to me it’s the science behind it, all of the molecular and chemical reaction(s) that takes place is amazing. Anyone who thinks that life just happened out of a big bang and evolution is truly blinded by the fact that they cannot cope with the fact that someone infinitely smarter then themselves exists.

Maine has been doing very well this winter. Bangor has only received roughly 4 inches of snow this winter. We had green grass and weather in the 40’s all winter long. Yesterday, the North East Coast was hit buy a large snow storm. Most places such as Washington D.C., Connecticut and Massachusetts received anywhere from 1 foot to 4 feet which is pretty decent snow storm. Maine, fortunately only received 2-6 inches depending on where you live. Last year Maine had a blizzard that brought in 6 feet of snow, I still have the photos. I think I have them posted somewhere here.

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow. I think I am going to purchase some Chocolate Covered Cherries for myself and possibly go to a party the Campus Crusade for Christ is hosting. We shall see. I am still looking for a job in Virginia, as you can see, it has been unsuccessful.

Today is such a nice day for this time of year. I am looking out the window of my “office” and the Penobscot River is very full at the moment with cold black water spotted with white sheets of ice. In some areas you can see the clear blue sky on the surface of the calm water.

Well, today starts my vacation. I stay at Dad and Karen’s last night, stayed up late and watched the season finale of “The 4400″ and “The Dead Zone”… both ended nicely and suspenseful.

We got up @ 5:30 in the morning, showered and left for Portland, ME. We got there around 8:30 in the morning, 1/2 hour earlier. I said my good-bye’s to Dad and Karen and went through the gate. The first plain was small, it held ~ 40 people. The flight was really neat, we only went up about 4 miles, right above the first level of clouds. I looked out the window most of the time. I landed in Philly, stopped at a gift store in the airport and picked up a magnet for PA. After that, I checked in to my gate and read for about 45 minutes until my plain to Greensboro, NC was ready.

An hour later I arrived in NC. When I got to the gate, I was surprised to see a shoe shinning station with a sign in-front of it labeled with a verse in the Bible that mentioned Christ. I headed towards the gift shop and purchased a NC magnet. I headed out to the exit and found mom and Jack waiting for me. It was good to see them both. The ride to Bedford VA was over an hour and I had barley eaten all day so we ate at a Texas steakhouse. I had a 1/2lb burger with fries.

After, we headed to Bedford, VA. It’s about 23 miles from Lynchburg. We got their house and settled in.

Once I was home, Jack turned on Fox News and we watched all of the Destruction that Hurricane Katrina had done to New Orleans… What a devastating event. The media is calling this an apocolyptic event, which it is not… this is a day in the park compared to what the end times will bring on.