Oh man, it snowed a lot yesterday. There’s almost three feet of the white stuff out there! It only took two hours to shovel out, and that was with help from a neighbor who came over with snowblower. He took care of a portion of our sidewalk that was…well…the manmade snowdrift between property lines was almost as tall as me! (Thank you for saving us from another hour of shoveling, Ed!!!!!) We returned the favor by helping our other neighbors shovel, and digging and pushing out a town services pickup truck that got stuck in the street.
This storm was also the first one in 13 years I got to be home for. Working in local TV news, I always stayed overnight during storms and pulled long shifts with everyone else. While it was fun to help tell the story of the storm, hang out with coworkers at the fancy hotel in-between shifts, and earn some overtime pay, being home was really nice as well! A hot, homemade breakfast on a snowy day does not suck. We had a box of King Arthur Flour’s gluten-free pancake mix in the pantry, which was perfect.
One part of working during snow storms I always enjoyed was the walk between the hotel and the station. No matter how horrible the winds and snow were, I always had fun tromping through unplowed streets and sidewalks. So I went snowshoeing yesterday morning during the storm!
The walk was beautiful. A few people were out shoveling and walking around, but otherwise the neighborhood was really quiet and peaceful. I went to a park and took a few photos before the winds picked back up and it was time to get back inside.