White crud

[missdiane]

We don't have a massive ton that needs shoveled but we are legally obligated to shovel the sidewalk in front of the house and obviously need to shovel the sidewalk that gets TO the house and well, have to shovel the bits of driveway near the cars.

Between Emily's wonky back and knees and my...well everything, we're tired and sore from shoveling weighty snow yesterday and then trying to shave at the thin layer of refrozen stuff and new snow on top that fell late in the afternoon/early evening.

We're waiting on clearing off the cars, though, since it is supposed to get a few degrees warmer and we're hoping that makes things easier for doing that. Not sure whether we'll go to the grocery. It would be nice to pick up a few fresh items but we'll live if we can't do that since the freezer is plenty full.

I didn't sleep hardly at all last night. My shoulder and arm were bugging me (gee, wonder why?) and I was hot and cold and for some reason, I wasn't sleepy so I didn't finally drift off until 4am so I got about 3 or 3 1/2 hours and even that was broken sleep. If I get super tired today, I'll set an alarm and nap for no more than 20-30 minutes and if I get any indication that tonight is going to repeat, I'll take half a xanax to reset the system.

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[halfmoon_mollie1]

north of us they are expecting more FEET of snow (where my cousins live). For oncce we are in the eye. And as a veteran of 74 winters here in CNY I can tell you that the snow will be heavier as it gets warmer.

[missdiane]

I was just glad that we didn't get the freezing rain that was forecast.

As someone that grew up in Ohio, not exactly snow belt but watching people struggle with snow does have me feeling a little superior LOL

[halfmoon_mollie1]

lol. Maybe you can enlist a plow service for next year....

[missdiane]

They put out a list on IG of people willing to shovel (which obviously you'd negotiate pay). If we get another big snow, I'll call one of them to dig out the sidewalks. Our driveway barely fits our two cars on our side of the common sidewalk and unless it's a lot of snow, we don't bother digging out the patch of driveway from the sidewalk to the street.

[halfmoon_mollie1]

love your icon.

[missdiane]

My little stuffie from Pixie and Brutus? I love the comic

[spiffikins]

Do you have neighbours with pre-teen kids who want to earn money?

I am sooooo happy not to live where I need to shovel snow!

I didn't sleep amazingly well last night either - boo!

[missdiane]

We only know the neighbors on each side, one an elderly lady and the other couple a little younger than us but the wife is pregnant. It's annoying to me that Emily's nieces (her nephew lives down with her sister now we think) don't volunteer to do shit for us. But Emily reminds the one niece that is living in her grandmother's house that's under trust that she needs to keep the sidewalks clear there.

If need be, we can call one of the numbers that the local community posts and offer them money or hire our lawn folks to do it. We did ok enough the last couple of days, thankfully and right now the sun is out which will hopefully melt some of the areas dry. It's going to be SO cold tomorrow, though, so we needed to make sure things were cleared today since we certainly didn't want to try to be unearthing our cars in 15 degree weather at 7am before work tomorrow. lol

[spiffikins]

Yeah well, given how Emily's sister is, it's not totally surprising that the kids are oblivious!

Hopefully it doesn't warm up enough to melt, but not dry - and then freeze into a sheet of ice overnight!

15 degrees - oh mylanta - I would DEFINITELY not be going to GOAT at those temps, LOL. 39F is PLENTY cold enough. Today's class was POSITIVELY BALMY at 61F at 10:30am!