2 or 3 Feet Under: Day 3
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February 7, 2010 at 8:33 pm
The storm is over and clean up has begun.
Snow removal is a big job, and this area of the country is not know for doing it well. I give GHI an A+ for getting the coop community passable by this afternoon. Will also gets an A+ for digging the car out of the snow/ice crust. Greater Greenbelt gets a B- for clearing the roads well enough for cars with 4 wheel drive. We know this because we, for better or worse, headed out this afternoon for a little drive.
Can you blame us? We really needed some pizza. And, the rumor was that Safeway would be open. Well, Safeway wasn’t open, and CVS ran out of Digorno’s frozen pizzas. Our only option left was to order from Papa John’s and pick it up another half a mile away. This half mile turned out to be much more troubling than the first mile. Without going into details, we made it back unscathed. Perhaps not the smartest decision we’ve ever made. But, the pizza tasted great, and we got out of the house.
Day 3 has had many advantages over Day 2, all having to do with the maintenance of electric power. I sincerely hope that power will be restored to those without it very soon. Yes, it was boring to not have television, Internet, and limited laptop/cellphone access. And, yes it was annoying to not shower and pack our refrigerated food items in the snow. But, the worst part was that it was really starting to get cold in our house. A warm place to stay is something for which to be very thankful.
As for today, I tackled such exciting tasks as laundry and cleaning out the filing cabinet. Later, we filled out visa applications (fun) and became very frustrated with the process of filing our taxes online (not fun).
Since the federal government and the University are closed tomorrow, there will be a Day 4. Perhaps we will update with pictures if we are inspired.
