Well, it finally snowed.
Here in Rhode Island, after last year’s “stranded school bus” debacle, in typical Post-9/11 American Over-Compensation, schools closed before a single flake had fallen. Where and when ever possible people were encouraged to work from home, take a vacation day, or otherwise just not leave their homes.
I was perfectly happy to work from home yesterday.
The shoveling, tho…
In the words of too many aging action stars, I’m getting too old for this shit. Well… I can still shovel. I haven’t been reduced to utter incapacity… but… while I never enjoyed shoveling snow, I think I’ve reached a point where I actively dislike it.
Then there’s all the gear you have to have. You need at least one shovel, and a scraper/brush for each vehicle… then you need enough warm and dry clothes to actually spend a couple hours out in the wet and cold; probably more than once in a single storm. Then you need salt or some other melty-goo… I dunno… I’m not ready to throw int he towel and skip winter altogether, but I might look into some sort of advanced snow removal methods next year 