digging out
After 13.5 total inches of snow, two days off and the bitter cold, we’ve finally dug ourselves out and went back to work today. The library was swamped and I worked a longer shift to make up some of the hours that I missed on the two days the library was closed.
Yesterday was a nice Valentine’s Day that was spent relaxing and digging our car out of the parking spot. That snow that was up to the bumper wasn’t just up to the bumper it was all under the car too, which made for some fun digging out. Being snowed in has it advantages but I just wish that the car would dig itself out next time, it would be a whole lot easier. Thank goodness I have Bryan, he did most of the heavy work, so I actually got off pretty easy. Yesterday he was out helping several people try to dig themselves out. It’s amazing what people were using instead of shovels because they didn’t have one - dustpans and buckets seemed to be the most popular. Today was a crazy day at the library, we were swamped with check-in and just getting caught up from being closed for two days. It was kind of fun though because we were never slow although it seemed that some of the bins never emptied.
The best part of the snow days was in my opinion the amount of knitting time that I had. I thought I’d get more reading done but I just couldn’t make myself sit and read when I could be knitting, especially when Bryan was working on collages. Two secret projects were finished yesterday, one was a scarf for Bryan for Valentine’s Day, which he loves. (Photo soon.) He was very surprised, there were a few times I had to scramble to keep him from seeing it while I was working on it when he’d walk in the room. The other secret project can’t be revealed until it’s rightful recipient receives it. I even made some significant progress on the Martha sweater, I’m about 5 rows from finishing the first front piece.
MJ said,
February 15, 2007 @ 10:54 pm
We couldn’t go anywhere for couple of days either. My boyfriend spent nearly 5 hours shoveling snows out of his parking spot. So much snow!
(.. and I didn’t realize you’re in Chambana)
Amie said,
February 17, 2007 @ 11:37 pm
See, I think snow is why there are men. I’m not sure why people in tropical locations keep them around if they aren’t needed to scrape ice off of windows, dig out cars, and carry firewood. In the summer here, we can let them pump gas for us, but mostly it’s the ice/snow/firewood thing.
Maybe picking bananas? Do we need men for that?