Blizzard

It is official, we have a blizzard.  Thus far about a foot of snow and the wind is blowing like crazy.  It’s 9 degrees now and the temperature is only going to continue to drop as the night lingers on. 

Against my better judgment I went outside and shoveled some snow to at least make a small path to get my car out.  The truck is covered and I honestly don’t think it’s going anywhere for a bit.  My car should be able to get out.  However, they still have to come plow the subdivision and that probably won’t happen until later tonight or tomorrow. 

Everything around for miles is closed.  Most businesses are closed tomorrow but not my employer.  We don’t have to go in but have a mandate to work from home.  Yeah, so I will turn on my laptop and respond to e-mails as needed but I have no plans on really doing any work.  I will take care of minor and urgent issues but the regular day to day stuff will have to wait until Tuesday.  I think it’s a crock work from home – if I didn’t have my work laptop with me I would have to spend the day running the stairs. 

So the children will get another full day of daddy at home and they will be thrilled about it.  It will depend upon how busy I actually am but I don’t think I will be thrilled about it. 

My neighbor goes out every couple of hours and cleans off his driveway for his wife. Shame he won’t cross the street and take care of my driveway. 

Here is the crazy thing.  If we can get out Tuesday great.  Wednesday has more snow on the way and the same for Thursday and Friday.  I think we should just call it now and get the week off – I know that won’t happen.  I am thankful that my car doesn’t go in the shop tomorrow because that would be one messed up trip. 

Nothing major to report other than the snow.  I did take a nice nap with Big Boy.  I got to thinking about him and just laid down next to him in his bed on the floor.  He showed me that he appreciated me as much as I appreciate him.  He knows he has it good and he also knows that there has been a major change here with only one daddy.  I told him that I miss the other daddy as much as he does.  He purred up a storm and eventually we fell asleep together.  We haven’t been that close since he got sick.  I think I may do the nap thing on a regular basis.  Its comforting to both of us and maybe it gives him some strength. 

Outside of getting the driveway cleaned and the trash wrangled.  I didn’t accomplish a damn thing.  That’s okay by me because I’ve got tomorrow.  I need to get upstairs and put something on my back which is sore since I over did it.  I want to lay around and watch some more TV with the kids and then I will call it a night.  Oh and I have to get my laptop out of my car.  Yikes, it probably would have been frozen by morning. 

The upside to all of this is I am so glad I made it to the store and had the foresight to get the furnace fixed.  It’s all paying off now!  I do not plan on venturing out tomorrow except to set the trash out and I have a feeling they will postpone the pickup by a day because I don’t think those trucks will get any of the Monday people done. 

Stay Warm Everyone!  Talk with you peeps later.