We've had quite the little bit of snow lately. Yeesh! Another 12 inches fell Monday night into Tuesday. 'Twas not fit for man nor beast for awhile out there...
There were rumors Monday that they may close the Y branches, or at least delay opening (like almost every other nonessential business did!). I woke up around 1:30 am Tuesday and had still received no notification. I finally decided I could either lay in bed and fume at the idiots who are *supposed* to be in charge, or I might as well get up. I think I fired up my snowblower around 3:15 or so in the morning (I'm sure to my neighbors delight).
I was able to get the drive cleared even though it was still snowing fairly heavy. Unfortunately, the street was another story. There was one set of tire tracks when I went to leave at 4:10 am. I made it up to the corner before getting stuck. I was able to rock it back and forth out of there, and it wasn't much better the rest of the 4.5 miles to work.
Luckily the parking lot I use had been plowed already, but none of the downtown streets had been. I tiptoed a tire track down the middle of the street the two blocks from my car to my building, and what normally took me under 10 minutes had taken me 25. But I made it.
Of course it was a super slow day at work. I didn't see a snow plow go by until after 5 am, and then only one pass. As the sun came out it got clearer and they finally opened things up. So I spent the day mopping up salty footprints and cleaning sweat.
The trip home was much better... until I got to our neighborhood. A snowplow had made a path on the main street into the addition, but that was it. Once I turned off it I still had a tough time navigating the two turns to our house. The above pic is our street at 5 pm. Still no snowplow.
Anyway, in the afternoon sun I finished cleaning out our driveway and sidewalk, and always enjoy the clean geometric look. Although, when I got up at 4 this morning I discovered a snowplow must have snuck down our street during the night and blocked in the driveway. I shoveled out enough to get through it this morning and will finish after work.
Jane was able to work from home yesterday. Which was good because her work parking lot had still not been plowed at all. Today she rode in with me, worked out, went to work at 7, and will ride home with me after my 9-hour shift and 1-hour run.
It is now bitter cold at 0 degrees fahrenheit. Tomorrow we're supposed to get another couple inches of snow, but I heard it may creep into the upper 30's next week. Yippee.
Oh the joys of winter in the Midwest. It happens every year. Though it has been like 7 years since we've had this much snow. Such is life.
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“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?” -Romans 8:35,37
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