Two Weeks In...

05 Feb 17
06:30 hrs

     I really hate to bring it up but I do have to ask you Dear Readers: What are your impressions of the actions of His Royal Highness the Tangerine Tyrant? Is it what you expected or is it worse? Can you forsee a path of increased global armed conflict? Mysogenistic. Narcissistic. And all the other istics as well. He is used to getting what he wants and having the power to get it so when a demand is denied - as the Islamic Travel ban has been currently overturned - he must be losing his shit.

     I love it!  To see a person of such dizzying omnipotence be forced to bow to the rule of law makes my heart beat just a little bit faster.

     Do you know what else makes my heart beat faster? Shovelling all the damn snow that has been falling on the Valley. On Thursday someone had mentioned that Mt. Washington was to be getting five  feet of snow over the next few days. Great if you're a skier but I really hate seeing it on my lawn. We had six inches on the ground yesterday morning and there has been at least another four inches drop overnight. Snow removal in the Valley must be done slowly and steadily. If it's wet and heavy - no lifting! That stuff will kill you. I kid you not! If you have to do a little bit and then take a rest do it. There are too many people dying from shovelling snow.

     Now, the city asks the residents to clear the sidewalks. Sure. Not a problem. I cleared the sidewalk in front of the Wayward Inn but then the city graded the streets and buried the sidewalk! I'll be damned if I shovel it out again. I'll clear in front of the mail box and a path from the street to the mail box. That's all.

16:50 hrs.

     So, the driveway was cleaned and the truck is now bare. The weather seems to be warming but I doubt if it will be warm enough for any precipitation to fall as rain.    So the Valley can probably expect more of the white stuff. This weekend Loin Fruit #1 will be coming home and Loin Fruit #2 will be heading to the Provincial Capital for an Improv competition. Our friends from Over the Hump will be coming to visit as well. Good food and raucous banter will be in supply. I'm sure we are both looking forward to it.

     Oh, yes. It is also my Lobster's Birthday. I am well on my way to completing the Wayward Inn Lending Library. At least I think that is what it will be called.

21:15 hrs

     Thank goodness for the Ram's 4x4 power train. The old part of the Valley is still buried in snow. I'm waiting for the Jr. Couch Monkey to finish his weekly DnD session. Tomorrow is the start of another week. I'll have to clean off my work partner's truck before he brings the patrol vehicle back. Don't know if I'll actually head out on patrol as the roads will be choked and it would give me a day to work on the Lending Library. Tough decision.