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Yesterday, I went absolutely NO where, tried to walk to a nearby bank but it was closed. Otherwise, no hustle, bustle, or shopping, just chillin’ in some sweat all day
Yesterday, I did some cooking that had NO immediate purpose - cookies for the holidays, waffles for Christmas morning.
Really, yesterday there was NOthing to really do, I caught myself napping a lot and was off to bed early.
This morning, I looked out the window to realize that NO more snow was falling, accumulating atop of the twenty-three inches that we received. It might be the old paperboy in me, but I was the first to shovel out of the complex and I live in and hit the road. NO longer were there gray skies, the sun was rising over the glistening snow. NO one but the plows and paper deliverers were out on the roads. The world was fresh and new and the journey into winter held NO disappointments of the past, NO barriers in the present, and NOthing but promise.
I know there was a lot of snow and merited closures. When I lived in Louisiana they shut things down if someone witnessed a snow flake! Or if there was freezing rain. My wife and I laughed. If we would close schools and work over a snow flake – we wouldn’t go 8 months out of the year. But often for the safety of all, it is better people stay off the roads. Nothing like taking advantage of the opportunity for “quality time” with the people you love (or are called to love).
Comment by Warren Dungen — Sunday, December 20, 2009 @ 1:16 pm
Let’s see–I shoveled my driveway on Saturday at 5 am (early riser too), 9 am, 1 pm, and 5 pm. Shoveled it again on Sunday morning early–after the snowplows had hit the street and blocked my drive with 2 ft of icy sludge. Did my deck on Sunday as well–it had 17 inches, as did my neighbor’s driveway when I shoveled a part of it–he was out of town. Let me tell you that shoveling 17 inches of snow takes a lot of work. Thank God it wasn’t 30!
Comment by Dan Mulhall — Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 8:23 am