Those of you who live in places that have been getting hit hard this winter will probably laugh at me. But that's okay. 
This morning, for the second time since I've lived in Texas, my car doors were frozen shut!
The first time I experienced frozen car doors was my Junior year of college (1996!) I was supposed to go home that weekend, but between my car doors being frozen shut and the main highways near where my parent lived being shut down - I didn't go anywhere.
Today though, I did manage to get my door open with a lot of chipping at the edges using my car key. Yes. My car key. 
Bright thinker that I am, I left both of my ice scrapers inside my car.
After about 30 minutes, I had my car defrosted and deiced, and headed off to work.
There is a slight incline from my complex's parking lot to the street. I didn't drive down it - oh no - I SLID sideways down it! That probably should have been a good clue that I needed to wait a bit longer to go to work.
Of course, I didn't wait. I wasn't sure I'd be able to make it back UP to my apartment - so figured I should go on ahead. My usual 20 minute morning commute took a little more than an hour, but at least I made it safely.
Unfortunately, at least 5 people in Texas died due to the icy conditions and driving. One of them was a 22 year old teacher. 
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I don't remember if I mentioned that along with the lost Toll Tag, I also had a missing glove.
I've searched through everything I took to CA with me, and it still hasn't turned up. So, tonight I stopped at the Family Dollar and picked up a new pair of gloves for $2.
They had quite the interesting selection of gloves. I had to really dig to find any that were .... er.. normal looking.
Of course you know what's going to happen now that I've bought myself a new pair of gloves, right? Today will be the last cold day of the season!
(I can dream right?)
January 29th, 2009 at 05:32 am 1233207145
January 29th, 2009 at 02:58 pm 1233241105
January 29th, 2009 at 03:55 pm 1233244559
Keys=scratched paint=lower resell value later.
Be careful out there.
You're an optomist - I thought the answer was going to be that your old glove shows up today. :0
January 29th, 2009 at 04:34 pm 1233246864
In all seriousness, though, glad you got to work safely!
January 29th, 2009 at 06:09 pm 1233252599
MonkeyMama, Yeah, it is a freaky feeling to go and try to open your door - and it won't budge!
Lux, Thanks for the recipe! I'll have to get some rubbing alchol to keep on hand for the *next* time.
Koppur, LOL I'm sure glad to not have met all those family members. The frozen door member is quite enough for me.