Snowbound

I was told earlier this summer by our new neighbors that when it snowed out here we would get the brunt of the storm. At the time I didn't give that a second thought, simply taking the words with a grain of salt and putting them out of my mind. Recently though, mother nature has decided to show me that my neighbor knew what she was talking about.

Last Thursday we had a big storm here. It blew in over night and dropped (according to the weather guy) 18 inches. Strong winds blew said snow everywhere causing some heavy drifting. Just getting the dogs into the back yard was a huge chore as drifts had developed against both gates. It took quite the effort on my part just to make a path into the yard. To give you a better idea, it is 5 days since the storm ended and we still have significant snowdrifts in the yard that have not yet melted. Wow.

Once the 40MPH winds stopped, a world of white revealed itself. 4.5 foot drifts in places, and just forget trying to go anywhere. Our neighbor at the end of the block was properly equipped with a John Deere tractor/backhoe kind of thing and he was coaxed into digging us out. Not that it helped much seeing as there was still a huge drift in the road that he couldn't manage with his tractor either.

After speaking with Lois, our other neighbor, I learned that the city has downgraded us to a Class C subdivision meaning we are the very last to be plowed if we get plowed at all. I got the number from her and had Beosig call them and beg to have them come by anyway. By 3:30 Saturday afternoon they were here working on the road.

Talk about your serious case of cabin fever! I was very happy about this as I had recently come by some tickets to a James Blunt concert that a former coworker won and then couldn't go to. How happy was I to be the recipient of said tickets! I haven't been to a concert since 2001 (or maybe 2000) when I went to the Eagle's concert.

I managed to talk Spud, a good friend into leaving her child and husband behind for the evening and going with me. The concert was great, and lived up to my expectations. However, in leaving I discovered I had suffered some hearing loss. Two days later Beosig was consistently telling me he had called my name and I heard nothing. I still wonder if he was messing with my head. Still, what a great ending to a very long two (almost three) days.