today was my first experience driving in winter weather. i'm talking below freezing with 6 inches of virgin white snow on the unplowed road at 7AM and steady tick-ticking sleet on the roof of my car. and while randee celebrated his 2-hour delay, there aren't any snow days @ the camp verde justice center! i must get to court because my client is innocent (just like all my clients) and needs me there to protect her constitutional rights!
this is the moment that spending 5 summers driving a monstrous dump truck in a mine came in handy -- the same techniques i used to maneuver my 25-ton truck through the swampy mud worked today while i backed my car up the steep incline that is my driveway.
at least i didn't have to scrape the windows! praise the lord for garages.
however, by the time i returned from work, the driveway had not improved to my liking -- i have to be back in court tomorrow and all that slush was going to freeze up. so i dug a shovel out of the fabulous garage. this probably sounds pretty ambitious of me, but i managed to infuse some laziness into it by not changing out of my suit. instead i pulled on some bright orange sweatpants on underneath my skirt and my best clemson sweatshirt over my blazer and topped it off with a baseball cap and mittens. then i proceeded to slip-slide my way around the driveway for an hour pushing heavy wet snow around, cursing winter weather under my breath, and only busting my ass twice. and only one of those times was a neighbor walking by! i probably should've made him take a picture of me, but i assume he's busy at home hanging garlic and crosses by all the windows to keep the crazy lady across the street from eating his children tonight.
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Love my beautiful boys -- now I'm just counting down the days until they can say "Whatever, Mom."
lose your dreams and you will lose your mind ... {the rolling stones}
The Author
- Kelley
- Omicron Persei 8, Arizona, United States
- i have a loud laugh. short temper. wild side. sparkle in my eye.
On My Bookshelf
- Travels by Michael Crichton
- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larrson
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- The Complete Manual of Things That Might Kill You: A Guide to Self-Diagnosis for Hypochondriacs
Panzer & Mohs
Love my beautiful boys -- now I'm just counting down the days until they can say "Whatever, Mom."
the changes in our life must come, not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life, but rather from the impossibility to live otherwise than according to the demands of our conscience.
{leo tolstoy}
{leo tolstoy}
4 comments:
while it can be a curse, shoveling snow isn't really all that bad. my suggestion....find a kid's snow shovel...smaller, easier to lift when full of wet, heavy snow. might be more shoveling, but it will save your back...and maybe keep you from eating those kids across the street! glad to see you are thoroughly enjoying how fabulous arizona is!
hahaha!! you crack me up! and I'm terribly impressed with your large machinery experience. be safe driving and save the little miscreant from injustice
you should've stayed in va. 75 and sunny today. all your fans (aka me and bobbi jo) would like a pic of you busting your ass in your suit. haha.
p.s. i found a pic of the fake arm. its on my blog.
interesting that you refer to yourself as a 'crazy lady', not 'girl' as I would have expected. a milestone passed in the mind by the acquisition of the accoutrements of adulthood and responsibility? or a simple word slip betrayed by the eating of small children garnished with garlic and crosses while wearing outlandish orange clothing? backing into the garage in the evening when you are more relaxed and maybe not pressed for time will make the trip out in the morning safer and easier.
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