Dear Readers,
As I mentioned previously, I was supposed to go to the Utah Conference for Undergraduate Research this Friday, February 22, 2013. That morning my husband and I woke up at 4:50 A.M., rubbed our eyes and jumped in the car to drive up to Logan. I remember mentioning to him that it had started snowing, but the weather report told us that it would be clear on the highway, so we took no notice of it. We drove all the way out to Salt Lake City when the storm hit. We were shocked; we left early for Logan, and we had no idea that it was supposed to storm that morning. Within five minutes, I-15 stopped and everyone was slipping around with low traction at those slow speeds. My husband and I panicked and got of the freeway and stopped at a McDonald's to change our game plan. After praying and talking, we decided that our lives were worth more than an opportunity to present research.
Luckily, we had family living close by where we stopped, and we were able to ride out the storm while watching movies with my sister-in-law, who is almost about to have a baby. I was disappointed and a little embarrassed that I couldn't present my research, but I know it was the right decision.
If you want to see what the roads were like, please check out this blog post from KUTV:
White Knuckle Morning Commute | KUTV.com
Happy to be Alive,
Abbie Black
A study of individual wet nurses that practiced in England during the mid-nineteenth century.
I am happy that you are still alive, too! Your presentation would have been very good, just like your blog.
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