Snowed In

[lavendertook]

Sunset at blizzard's end. We got around 2 1/2 feet. But with the plowed piles as high as me, this snow will be staying around a long time.


The poor holly trees are bent under with the weight of the snow. I saw the top of one of the tall gangly pine trees we have here break off and crash to the ground. We were without power from the middle of last night until 6 pm this evening. I wasn't worried about freezing because the insulation in this cinder block building is very good, and I have plenty of flash lights, candles, and batteries, but I was worried about losing everything in my freezer, and was wondering if packing snow in it would be a good idea, and, you know, no internetz, so I'm very glad it was restored today.

One win today--there's been a rhythmic sound, like someone rocking a chair, or exercising, or bouncing a ball, that's annoyed me many an evening. I thought it was coming from above, but had no luck talking to the old man above. It was going on all morning, and I couldn't put up with it all day. I realized it may be coming from the walls, and tried the neighbors downstairs, and sure enough, their tween son was the culprit, bouncing a ball against the wall. His mom was lovely and he was contrite, and he won't be doing that anymore. Yay!!!

I dug out most of my car this evening, and am sure feeling it--I will sleep solid tonight, I expect. The snow was lighter than I feared, knowing it was a wetter snow than the December storm. I love snow's muffled blanket of sound at night, and the coating was sprinkled with silver glitter under the lamplight. A neighbor who works for the city came back from his plowing work on hardly any sleep from the night before and chatted the fun chatter of the over tired and told me about his cat Lulu, who sounds well loved.

I'm doubtful the roads will be cleared enough tomorrow for it to be safe for me to drive to New Carrollton to dig out the strays, so may have to wait until Monday on that. I doubt the gov't will be open on Monday and expect to be home--we'll see.

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[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

Heee, I am, but not badly--thank goodness. I'm being careful to bend at the knees and not to pack my shovel. And I split digging out the car over 2 days. Then today I dug out for the strays--the sewer was totally buried and I only found it by luck. And then Wednesday we et to do it all over again. My descriptions of snow are starting to put more emphasis on inconvenient, to say the least, than beautiful.

I hope your brother got out to you mom--it's a challenge to be elderly in all this.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure my mother is not out in all this. But she is sweating a long-standing doctor's appointment scheduled for Thursday. She is worried she won't be able to drive there if the roads are still snowy, and, with the new storm on its way, it looks like they will be. Maybe my brother can take part of the day off and take her. Unlike her and everyone else she knows, he's got a big four-wheel drive truck (in addition to a regular car). That's what he's been driving around in all this snow, his snowblower loaded in the back.

You sound like a careful shoveler, Lavender. Still, I know you must be NOT looking forward to the next snowfall.

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

That's hard. Maybe she'd feel better if she tried to reschedule it for next week? I'm going to cancel and reschedule Saki's vet appt on Wednesday evening, and maybe my doctor's appt on Thursday morning, too. In weather like this, I wish I had a truck.

No, I'm really not looking forward to this--we're going to be dealing with the massive piles for many weeks to come.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

I think I'll give her a call tomorrow, touch base, see if she's thought of alternatives.

Smooches,
Mechtild

[lavendertook.livejournal.com]

I hope she's staying in and safe.

*squooshes*