Snow Stress

I’m still stressed from the snow.  We ended up getting a good 9-10 inches total of the fluffy white stuff.

I had lunch plans with Scott Monty yesterday in Waltham at this awesome little diner called Wilson’s. We were to meet at noon which would give us plenty of time to get home before the storm hit since it wasn’t suppose to start till sometime after 2.

I was running late and as I sat down I made a comment that the first flakes were falling. By the time we were done eating it was coming down HARD and we knew that lunch wasn’t the best idea in the world. It took me a solid hour to get from the diner to the Pike entrance in Watertown and then another 2 to get home. I was running LOW on gas but made it to the rest area to fill up. I had under a gallon when I did.

Everyone home safe I waited for the snow to stop. When it finally calmed down I went to snow blow our drive way. I had started the snowblower just the other day to make sure everything was fine. But, it wasn’t my night and it wouldn’t start. I tried the pull, the electric starter. Waited an hour in case I flooded it and still nothing. I finally gave up, had a beer and called it a night.

Just now we spent a good 45 minutes shoveling a path so Laura could get the car out of the driveway. Nothing like a bit incline to get up first thing in the morning. We finally did it and instead of being stressed I’m blogging it. As of right now it looks like the kids have school. They are going to be PISSED! I haven’t told them yet.

All of this on the top of the fact that I had some meetings yesterday that I really needed to be at and stuff I wanted to work on. Sure, none of us can control the weather, but it still sucks.

Highlight of the night was going out front and playing with Roxie. She loves snow more then the kids and we had a good time. Afterwards she crashed and barely woke up this morning. Guess she had a good time. :)

4 Responses to “Snow Stress”

  1. P-Dub says:

    Tell me about it. You want stress? This morning the lawn sprinkler got the edge of my morning newspaper wet. Almost ruined breakfast.

  2. Jonathan Trenn says:

    Nine to ten inches and there’s school the next day? Here in DC, we wouldn’t have school for the better part of a week.

    I grew up in RI and remember the disappointment of getting nailed by snow but still having it the next day. Come to think of it, I was pissed.

    Good luck today.

  3. Kim says:

    I need to show this to everyone here in TN. They shut down schools, businesses everything when there is a dusting on the roads….

  4. mike mcallen says:

    We had a little cold snap here last week in the SF bay area and I had a friend/client come out from Germany and spend a few days with us while he was on business. We hung out in San Francisco and saw an awesome 3d imax Beowolf film (the 3d is extra cool cant wait for the U2 3d film!) I kept telling my friend I was freezing. His comment… said it was a like a summer day in his village. :)
    One of his young German colleagues asked me with a pained face last summer as we crested one of steep steep San Francisco hills. “What do you guys do in the winter!” We all just laughed and said we dont get much snow around here.

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