SNOW DAY!

Blizzard. Going back to bed now. Was a good girl and called the boss, just to make the effort (because I certainly wasn't going to get a phone call first....).

YAY.

Survivor: Maine - Homeowner Edition: Episode 1

Snow Day!
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Sooo... woke up, 6AM. Wind howling outside, snow blowing. Staggered to the window. Yup. Snowed. Found weather radar. Found phone, called boss. Asked "How're the roads? The driveway will be clear, but I don't think the road has been plowed yet, and pretty sure the main road is still full of snow." Was told to stay home, as it was only going to get worse this afternoon. Works. For. Me. Back to bed, slept till 9:30. Bliss.

Awoke again to still howling winds, but the snow within them appeared to be swept up from the ground, no longer falling from the sky. Decided that this was good. Got up. Puttered around for a bit, waited for kurlon to get up. There are still bare spots on the new roof, thanks to all the drifting and blowing. The cats appear to be pretty curious about all that weird white stuff outside.

11:30 (AM!!), I grab a shovel, kurlon fires up the snowblower, we start digging out.
Fact: Shoveling still sucks. But is 1,000 times more bearable when it's at one's own house.
Fact: Snowblowers are awesome. Especially if someone will run it for me. (though this one is small enough, maybe, that I might be able to manage it, if I have to... though I'd rather not.)
Fact: Steps disappear in snowdrifts, making a (seemingly) lovely ramp. Of DOOM.
Fact: Finishing in an hour and a half, and being able to come inside and directly into a nice hot shower is delightful.
Fact: Doing this in the 11:30AM-1:30PM timeline is MUCH better than the 12-hour opposite.

Here it is, the First Real Snow at the Arboretum. Only 7 or 8 inches, not too bad... the wind and drifts were the real impressive part.