Michigan: the "Our Weather Has Multiple Personalities" state

There's a saying that if you don't like the weather in Michigan, just stick around for a few hours and it'll change.
That was certainly the case on Tuesday.
During the day, it was typical cold-gray-winter doldrums.
During band, we had thunder and lightning.
After band, during the drive to Jason's house, it was raining REALLY hard. Even with the wipers on high, it was hard to see.
And, while we were all eating dinner at Jason's, the rain froze, and the wind got much worse. On the way home, I had to drive through a blizzard that was so bad it completely blocked my view of the road numerous times. (I don't mean it was merely covering the road; I mean the snow was so thick in the air, blowing around, that I couldn't see ANYTHING in front of me.) This was especially dangerous because the high winds had knocked a lot of crap into the middle of the road. There were large tree branches and garbage cans I had to drive around. During the white-out conditions, I had to slow down to a crawl because I had no idea if I was about to run into something that had been blown into the middle of the road.
The bank thermometer said it was 13 degrees. Actually, that's not so bad, because last weekend it was below zero.
But apparently it was cold enough to freeze my front door shut.
Yeah, that's right. When I got home I couldn't open the front door. Frozen. Completely. I tried warming up the doorknob thingy, I tried bumping against it really hard, I shook it, I asked nicely, I cursed vehemently, but the door just was not cooperating. I couldn't get into my house.
There's a back door I hardly ever use, and as a last resort I went to try that instead. Luckily, I was able to get that one open. So I went inside and opened the front door to see if it was still stuck. Oddly, it opened easily from the inside.
Sure scared me for awhile there, though. This is NOT good weather to be "locked" out of your house. I'd have had to go back out to the car and sit there with the heater on, wondering what the heck to do.
I'm glad I'm indoors now.
I can STILL hear the awful winds out there. So strong, so ugly and angry sounding. Powerful stuff.
You all remember how I feel about winds like this, right?
If you're new to my blog, click here to read the story of how I once had a home that was destroyed by a windstorm.
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