But the best part of the storm was playing with Penny. Maybe she thinks she's a sled dog? I scooped out her pen a "few" times, otherwise she would have disappeared under the drifts. Can you tell she's smiling?
Schools are closed again today - three days in a row for those kids! I managed to get out yesterday, but it wasn't pleasant. A while back, I mentioned my Grandma car? It's small and economical and easy to zip in and out of parking spaces. But it's sh*t in the snow. And that's assuming I can even get it out of the driveway.
Here's a screen capture from our Ring doorbell, with my neighbor mocking me in his old but reliable 4x4.
But check out that clean driveway. I'm chalking it up as a major accomplishment of 2019. Thing is, I can't get my car out of the garage if there's more than a few inches of snow on the driveway, and there was quite a bit more than a few inches.
Ironically, I "needed" to get out yesterday to pick up a package from Amazon at the Whole Foods locker. We're given 2 days to pick up deliveries, so I had to get it yesterday, or it would be returned. But it's only about a mile away. Normally, I'd just walk, but that would've been like trekking Antarctica, figured I'd have better luck on the road.
I smoothly drove across my pristine driveway, and that was the last of the smooth rolling. Roads were mucked up to say the least. The one-mile trek was exciting.
Additionally, my car has other issues. There is some body damage from before I got it. One was a dangling panel underneath that was no longer serving a purpose. I cut it off because repairing it (a second time) would cost more than what the car is worth. Secondly, there is a MOST annoying problem of the door locks randomly becoming stuck in the locked position with no rhyme nor reason. This happened yesterday when I tried to leave Whole Foods. Thankfully, I finally got the dang thing unlocked, but JEEZ!
Maybe Mother Nature is trying to tell me something. As I've mentioned, I don't drive a whole lot, but when I do, it's often because of bad weather. My neighbor with the old but reliable 4x4 above has two Jaguars in his garage. I'll take a reliable 4x4 without the Jags.
In other news, I'm slated to go "under the drill" this afternoon to fix the bum tooth. I don't even care about saving it, I just want it out of my head at this point.
I did finish the snowday doodles to help keep my mind off things like bum teeth and car traps.
I think I'll name this piece "Bomb Cyclone"
