Grrrrrr at the newspaper headlines that 40% of workers are staying at home due to the snow. Some of us would be working if the schools were open or partially open.
Dh can get to his workplace an hour away by car (although it's taken 2 hours for the past couple of days). He and ALL his work colleagues are getting in to work despite the vastly increased travel times.
Main roads are fine, minor roads are passable with care. I can get to the school, the supermarket, the petrol station, the nearest B&Q, all the places I normally run about to and from. I've had to take the dc to work for an hour (with their nintendo ds to keep them quiet) to attend to urgent matters and pick up more some stuff to bring home which I am now failing to get done as I have the dc to see to/amuse/feed etc.
Neither dh nor I have 4WD vehicles, our cars are nothing special, both over 5 years old.
School however is closed for the fourth day today as not enough staff can make it in. I'm left wondering where they all live and why the staff that can get in can't organise to run a reduced school for the children of working parents so that the economy doesn't suffer so much.
I haven't seen any local businesses closed, just operating with reduced staff (no doubt possibly also due to school closures).
I've had to warn family who were due to visit between Christmas and New Year that I'll most likely be working those days now to make up the time I've had off this week. Unpaid time off is not a possibility unless there is no opportunity to make up the time before the end of the holiday year.