Yep, that's right.  It's a winter wonderland out here in western North Dakota.  In fact, most of North Dakota will be covered with the wet, white stuff by the time evening rolls around.  It was about 38 degrees when I went to bed and brown and about 30 degrees and completely white when I woke up.  We've had at least a foot of snow already!  Needless to say, power lines and trees are down on many places, but thankfully we only lost power for awhile this morning before we got out of bed.  By the way, did I mention it was 90 degrees here last Saturday, only four days ago!

Of course, this means I am not going to work today, again.  So much for any overtime this week.  If you read my brother's blog, then you have heard about my new temporary job.  I'm a scale lady at the Sugar Valley Sugar Beet Dump, aka the Fairview Beet Dump!  I know that all of you are jealous!  I had many offers to drive a beet truck, but passed up the opportunity so I could be a scale lady!  I get to sit in a little scale house for about 12 hours each day, weigh beet trucks, visit with people, and give the truck drivers a hard time.  All of this fun will last until beet harvest ends somewhere around the end of October.  We've had only two full days and one half day since it started at the beginning of October.  Not the best start, but hopefully the snow will melt soon and we will be back at it in just a few days.  We got shut down on Monday afternoon around 3pm due to rain, so what did we do then?  We headed to the Water Hole #3 for a few reebs!  Aaaahhhh, Monday afternoon at the Water Hole.  Can life get any better than that in eastern Montana?

no,it can't :)

I'd say I miss the water hole, but what happens in the Mecca, well, you know, stays there. I like talking too much, so I couldn't hang out there too often, lest I have to be silent about my experiences there and such. I'm going now.