will it be safe to walk up (or later down) the steep hill to the bus stop if i take the bus? much less the half mile between work and the stop closest to it? if not, will it be bad enough to make it morally questionable (or actually safe) to call an Uber? how much of this can i even know by 8AM?

compounded by: this check was already going to be far too tight from missing time due to COVID. I need the day's pay tomorrow badly. how much can i let that influence me?

what if i call out and the storm is nothing? what if i don't and it's a nightmare?

i don't have my own car or my own driving skills to consider. i am dependent on outside factors

and this is the kind of thing that drivers can't appreciate, and that workplaces who expect employees to just deal with snowstorms in a state prepared for snowstorms do not consider

in conclusion: ugh

oh no. what's the storm looking like so far?

from what i've seen, it could be either relatively mild (a few inches of snow, which is a pretty chill storm in Maine) or it could dump twice that

either way, the bus is not much of an option with the walks my commute includes, so it's down to whether it's too much for me to feel okay about getting an Uber

anyway i went to work, tipped my driver extra because the drive was a bit yikes and he handled it well (and said i was going to be his last ride for the day, which i hope was true) and everything was fine