White on White

Hello Dudes- The biggest snow dump of the year happened over the last two day- probably a foot and a half of snow in town. The snow was interspersed with rain and sleet, so all of the white stuff on the ground was saturated roughly to the consistency and weight of half dry cement. The power was out for twelve hours. Mom and I were so bored without electronic stimuli (or coffee) that we attacked the driveway and sidewalks with our shovels and did battle with the odious and stiffening slush. The effort was confounded by the waist high wall of rock hard sludge skillfully erected around the full perimeter of where the road meets the driveway. Two hours later, bowed but victorious, all access to the public roads had been artfully restored. Re-remembering for the fourteenth time that the power was off, we drove downtown and had breakfast at Carvers. After breakfast we could hardly arise from our chairs, our backs and shoulders were so sore. And so we're home, the power is back on, and I'm about to hit the couch to watch the second playoff game (mom has taken a tub and is asleep) and in the name of all that is unfair, the channel on which the game is is out of commission due to the weather! Every other channel comes in perfectly. I guess god is telling me to read for a while- probably after a serious stretching session- my best hope for not being crippled for the next few days. Mom is getting a little bit frustrated about not video-chatting with any of you. We'll be home this (Sunday) evening, so if any of you reads this by then and is not otherwise inclined, give her a video buzz. Oops- just looked outside and its snowing again. Love you all- dad