Buried in Snow
Feb. 23rd, 2023 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lydamorehouse The cats, which are normally constantly bugging me for food and attention are asleep. I think the entire household is reacting to the fact that we are buried in snow. The official snow fall for Minneapolis/St. Paul is 13 inches, I think? (Those of you local to me can feel free to correct me.) It was a lot, though less than predicted.
Even so, I spent a huge amount of time this morning unburying my car. In St. Paul, they wanted all of us to move to the day plow side of the street regardless of whether or not a snow plow had come down our street yet. No plow had come. There was 10-13 inches of snow in the street. My car... did not like trying to even go down the street towards the roundabout. In fact, it refused to even attempt the roundabout. Our neighbor, a guy named Pete who we met before because he was anxiously looking for his cat, Mr. McMuffin (he's in my contacts as Peter McMuffin), helped me basically back down the street, make a Y-turn, and throw myself into the snow on the opposite side. It was RIDICULOUS. Especially since we almost ended up shoveling the entire street ourselves, by hand, in order to do it.
I am normally a fan of big snowfalls like this BECAUSE of the silence that falls in their wake. I like having a day where I am expected to do nothing, other than shovel my sidewalk and move my car from one side of the street to another. But, did I mention I did all this shoveling and car moving before I even had my first cup of coffee? Yes! Because St. Paul wants us on the day plow side by 8 am.
So, here's a picture from Hiroshima. I went on a HeyGo last night to a lovely park in Hiroshima, Japan, where we walked around and looked at plum blossoms.
Somewhere in the world, plum trees are blooming. (Hiroshima, Japan.)
Of course, one of my Facebook friends is in Japan right now. Reggie Bicha, a guy I briefly dated in high school, is off in Japan with his son on a tour. They just visited the giant Buddha in Kamakura City: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura. I have been following his posted pictures with great interested because I'm never going to be able to go, and it make me deeply sad. At least I have Heygo? Although, as I mentioned in yesterday's post, they seem to have lost a lot of their regular guides.
Anyway, I should probably go shovel again. Although I do think that the snow stopped some time ago.
Even so, I spent a huge amount of time this morning unburying my car. In St. Paul, they wanted all of us to move to the day plow side of the street regardless of whether or not a snow plow had come down our street yet. No plow had come. There was 10-13 inches of snow in the street. My car... did not like trying to even go down the street towards the roundabout. In fact, it refused to even attempt the roundabout. Our neighbor, a guy named Pete who we met before because he was anxiously looking for his cat, Mr. McMuffin (he's in my contacts as Peter McMuffin), helped me basically back down the street, make a Y-turn, and throw myself into the snow on the opposite side. It was RIDICULOUS. Especially since we almost ended up shoveling the entire street ourselves, by hand, in order to do it.
I am normally a fan of big snowfalls like this BECAUSE of the silence that falls in their wake. I like having a day where I am expected to do nothing, other than shovel my sidewalk and move my car from one side of the street to another. But, did I mention I did all this shoveling and car moving before I even had my first cup of coffee? Yes! Because St. Paul wants us on the day plow side by 8 am.
So, here's a picture from Hiroshima. I went on a HeyGo last night to a lovely park in Hiroshima, Japan, where we walked around and looked at plum blossoms.
Somewhere in the world, plum trees are blooming. (Hiroshima, Japan.)
Of course, one of my Facebook friends is in Japan right now. Reggie Bicha, a guy I briefly dated in high school, is off in Japan with his son on a tour. They just visited the giant Buddha in Kamakura City: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamakura. I have been following his posted pictures with great interested because I'm never going to be able to go, and it make me deeply sad. At least I have Heygo? Although, as I mentioned in yesterday's post, they seem to have lost a lot of their regular guides.
Anyway, I should probably go shovel again. Although I do think that the snow stopped some time ago.
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Date: 2023-02-23 09:29 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2023-02-23 11:31 pm (UTC)The Minneapolis system actually works pretty well, and the plow patrol was really on top of things today. Everything is copacetic.
That's probably just the adrenaline high from successfully moving 2 vehicles without anybody even having to push! It was way easier than the last big snowfall (January? I've already forgotten) which took hours and involved 2 or 3 neighbors, a guy sheet-rocking in the house across the street, and some other guy who was just walking his dog.
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Date: 2023-02-24 05:44 pm (UTC)I hadn't associated it with the snow, but I suppose it's possible.
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Date: 2023-02-24 06:13 pm (UTC)