This one happened fast! They were predicting some winter weather, but I don’t think they quite expected this!
We woke up to the ground covered in a few inches of white and it was still coming down. I got out of bed, fed the pups, PSM advised me not to take them for a walk, the road outside our front door was not plowed and the roads were wet, slippery, and could be dangerous, and for the quarter mile I walk them, who knows. So…I fed them, put their collars on and tried to get them to go outside to do their business while I tackled the snow.
I grabbed the Ego Snow Thrower, had my music going and I was off! I did one pass down the driveway, enough to get any work trucks in and my car could get out, not asking for miracles. The funny/sad thing was as I was doing it, and the snow is still coming down, when I was done, almost looked like I didn’t do anything! Go figure!
The city snow plows finally came through about 715am, and there were at least four that I saw. I spoke with PSM around that time, and the roads were not great, people were sliding all over the place! They may have waited a little too late to plow! He said he was in 4-wheel drive the entire way to work!
It was coming down hard and it was still a wet snow, so that when I got back in the house, my hat was soaked, my down parka was soaked, and the hood was a bucket of snow! I hung everything up, including my clothes, and jumped in a nice hot shower! Wonderful!
About 1p, the snow had finally stopped and the sun was out, I got suited up, I had to put on my ski jacket and a new pair of gloves and hat because my stuff was still soaked! I went out and it wasn’t worth using the snow thrower, so I grabbed a shovel and went at it old school! By then, it was heavy and wet, not as much fun! Oh, earlier, the bottom layer under the fresh powder was mostly wet and some of it was slick, had to be careful. I shoveled what was left and really cleared out the driveway, it helped that the sun was out, which made it gorgeous out and helped the snow melt faster.
I saw my neighbor and her son across the street, we started chatting, then her husband came home and joined us for a few. I got the job done, went back into the house, and then…when I stopped moving, kind of like when I finished the 15k last week, my body said, ooh, I don;t know if I like you right now! ha ha. I wasn’t in a great deal of pain, it was a dull ache and I could feel what I had just accomplished. The bad part, it was hard to sit and work for a bit, but lunch did the trick!
The best part, PSM had a clear path to come home to! What’s next?! Bring it on!
Peaches Prattlings 