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Winter of discontent
Feb. 1st, 2026 04:38 pmAll I can say is that if that groundhog knows what's good for him, he'll think long and hard about wheher or not he wants to see his shadow tomorrow.
We got blasted by the big storm last week - at least 20 inches where I am. I used my new snowblower, which certainly was a big help and better than nothing, but it's a light-duty snowblower so it would often get choked out by the sheer amount and still left a lot to shovel by hand, especially with the veritable wall of snow at the end of the driveway from plows going through. And, of course, there's no place to actually *put* that much snow, and the temperature hasn't gone above freezing, so a week later the driveway is opened just barely wide enough to get my car through, and there's a huge pile on the left side of the driveway below the retaining wall that I have to do something like a 16-point turn to get around.
On Tuesdsay there was also a two-hour delay at the college, so I didn't get to have my in-person class and had to do it as a recorded video. Not great especially on the second week when I'm still trying to learn my students' names.
I'm definitely done with the season and really, really hope we don't get any more notable snowfalls. Knock wood obviously.
We got blasted by the big storm last week - at least 20 inches where I am. I used my new snowblower, which certainly was a big help and better than nothing, but it's a light-duty snowblower so it would often get choked out by the sheer amount and still left a lot to shovel by hand, especially with the veritable wall of snow at the end of the driveway from plows going through. And, of course, there's no place to actually *put* that much snow, and the temperature hasn't gone above freezing, so a week later the driveway is opened just barely wide enough to get my car through, and there's a huge pile on the left side of the driveway below the retaining wall that I have to do something like a 16-point turn to get around.
On Tuesdsay there was also a two-hour delay at the college, so I didn't get to have my in-person class and had to do it as a recorded video. Not great especially on the second week when I'm still trying to learn my students' names.
I'm definitely done with the season and really, really hope we don't get any more notable snowfalls. Knock wood obviously.
