Its Cold
Winter started late for us in Indiana and man, it finally hit hard. This past week, we got close to 18 inches of snow and 40 mile an hour winds to top everything off. Temperatures are in the single digits and now that the snow has finally stopped coming down, its a complete freezing nightmare.
It was a pretty amazing sight when it was coming down and blowing all around. Work got cancelled and there was nothing better to do but fire up the Nintendo Wii. The TV in our living room is positioned next to the window and I found myself watching the magic snow show more than I was paying attention to Link rescue princess Zelda.
But with all this beautiful snow, there is a price to pay. Driving becomes a pain and shoveling isn't fun at all. Since I have four wheel drive in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, it wasn't too bad getting around…but its the other drivers that you have to watch out for. If a snow drift is about 3 feet high, your car that rides about 6 inches high is simply not going to make it. And guess what? Snow is slick and slippery. That corner that you normally take right in front of the house at 50 miles per hour will indeed be dangerous. But hey, if you still feel like going that fast, living your NASCAR fantasies and endangering the lives of others…go for it!
For a person that sits on their ass all day long and the most physical task performed is taking a shower, shoveling and scooping snow was a heavy work-out. I probably spent about a half hour shoveling a two foot clearance of my drive way and then gave up. The snow was so heavy and packed tightly and there was no end in sight. That's where kids come in handy. Since they have been home from school for the past few days and jacked up on caffeine, I thought it would be a perfect way to provide a chance to earn some allowance money. Besides the redneck snow plow driver continuing to build the 4 foot high barrier next to the road, I can finally get in and out of the drive way now.
Today the sun is shining and its a nice 1 degrees out. The weather people are talking about more snow coming and I don't want to hear it. I am ready to see some green grass and be able to throw on some shorts.
My poor 10 month old daughter probably thinks that the outside world consists of what she can see out of the living room window…snow and speeding rednecks. I can't wait to change that.