The place by the lake I almost rented and my grandsons school, the windows hidden by the drifts.
At least that is the way it seems. I spent most of the morning watching Stuart Varney on Fox Business watching the market go down then left here to do my normal Monday things that could all wait until Tuesday or after. Some people think me strange as, being an apartment dweller and the complex taking care of the snow, I still shovel in front of my garage. It seems like I have been shoveling all my life as I got to do the sidewalks for my dad and mom’s house and my house and at the gas station where I once worked. And remember, the shoveling isn’t done until you see the cement. So they come through here with the plow then I do the cleanup at least in front of my garage and when I’m done you see the cement. Sometimes after the wind or a light dusting I use my push broom. After I get it clean the wind helps keep it that way. Someday I will stop but right now it is clean.
So I go for a little drive, buy my lottery tickets which if you didn’t know is a losers game, and stop at the grocer for forty eight dollars in Marie Callender frozen meals and pop. Now back at the third floor apartment the sun is shining through the deck doors and you can hear the wind. From where I sit you can’t see the drifting snow and the visibility is good but not in the country. I drove on the edge of town, north, south, and east, and my guess is you won’t see a quarter mile. The snow that has drifted seems never to stop and the piles and fingers are hard. The city has been in a constant cleanup battle and seem to only stay close to even with the new piles. I don’t feel sorry for the people living by the lakes or in the country as that was their choice but I do understand that this winter has been much harder on them than me and my little pile to shovel in front of my garage. As you drive around town you notice that the corners are now all blind corners as you can’t see around or over the piles of snow, not until your nose is in the intersection. The parking lots have lost considerable space as the snow has been plowed and piled and they have lost their stripes as no blacktop can be seen. I drove past my grandson’s school and on its south side windows are hidden from sight by the drifting. I bet three fourths of the sidewalks in town have never been shoveled or people have just given up.
But, in the Walmart the swimsuits and summer tops are on display in ladies wear. There were short sleeve shirts to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with green things to put in your hair. Major league baseball is about to begin it’s regular season. In 24 days, the Minnesota Twins will play their opener in Minneapolis in an open air stadium. When it warms I’m afraid it will warm too fast and there will be flooding, just another hardship.
Right now it is three degrees F with a west wind at twenty four to 34 miles per hour and the forecast of four to eight inches of snow this weekend. It’s been a long cold winter. Remember, it could be worse…. it could be worse….
It Has Been a Long Cold Winter The place by the lake I almost rented and my grandsons school, the windows hidden by the drifts.
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