I should have shoveled snow last night
Well, I just spent fifteen minutes attempting to shovel snow. Yes, attempting. The attempt was failed. I didn’t pick up more than a tablespoon of snow.
The plows finally came to our street and pushed a nice amount of snow in front of the driveway. I should have shoveled it immediately instead of waiting until the next day. The snow is now hard as rocks. The snow is so icy in our yard that I can walk over it and sink in — or even leave footprints. It’s as slippery as ice.
I couldn’t pick up ANY snow with my shovel. It was the most frustrating thing! I was trying to smash up the icy snow, but it was as productive as trying to smash a boulder. I think I’m going to need an ax to break up this snow! It’s supposed to hit 37 on Saturday so maybe it will soften up a little so I can shovel it then. I can another day without my car.
I can walk to run most of my errands, but the sidewalks are like skating rinks so I can imagine myself sliding back from Trader Joe’s and dropping eggs.
Stupid snowfall! We finally get some snow and it’s not even good snow! There will be no making snowmen or snow angels! A snowball fight could land in a concussion!
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I was on the roof of my car this morning, stomping…I managed to crack off an enormous chunk of ice and haul it onto my front yard.
When Emma and I pulled out the driveway I said, “READY? 1…2….3″ and bottomed out my car. Nothing fell off as we drove away but Emma said that she was going to “throw up, cuz she was scared.”
Yikes. It is seriously pretty nasty. Not good snow at all.
I shoveled snow for about 5 minutes in Tahoe and nearly passed out. Snow is *heavy* and I’m outta shape!
Shoveling snow can be really dangerous too!
The low developed a little too far north.
Vigilant geek.
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Actually, I did use an ax - a mattock to be specific. Never seen anything like this in 12 years in Boston. It worked great, but after two hours I nearly (to quote the great Ferris Bueller) barfed up a lung.
And it was pretty much like this right away - as it fell, the sleet was warm enough to fuse to the surface of the already fallen snow forming ice - so don’t beat yourself up about procrastinating!
[...] Last year, something similar happened after The Valentine’s Day Snowstorm which I blogged about extensively. Except that was much worse because I simply didn’t shovel out of procrastination…this time I was sick! [...]