Our first significant snowfall of the season came today. Oh, we had a half inch another day and about two or three inches on Mon. Today/tonight was about 5 1/2 inches--and it's still coming down pretty hard.
I did shovel before--Bopper helped me once and the Codester helped the other time. This time it was by myself. K and I were out at the Lincoln flick when the storm started, clearing a couple of inches off of the car after leaving the theater. We came home and I heated the leftovers for dinner, did some writing and e-mailing, and headed out. I dressed pretty warmly, since it was very blustery when we came in two hours ago. But, the wind died down and the temp was about 22, not bad at all.
Everything went well. I think I won round one--the previous two were just shadow boxing--handily. There were only two glitches, one minor. I had to negotiate the car tracks that packed down the snow. They weren't too bad since the snow is pretty fluffy. The other was a neighbor cranking up his snowblower. Fortunately, I had already shoveled for about 15 mins, enjoying the peace and quiet. And he finished before I did, giving me an extra 10 mins of peace and quiet while I "trimmed."
I wondered, as I shoveled, at age 64, when is the time for me to stop doing this shoveling stuff. But, oh I enjoy it--a lot. Tonight reminded me why.
Round Two tomorrow AM.
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