If you are not in Minnesota and haven’t heard or are in Minnesota and are just getting up from a long nap allow me to be the first to tell you that it has snowed. 15+ inches of snow in St Paul! Which is the biggest snowfall since the Halloween Blizzard in 1991. It started late on Friday night and lasted nearly all of Saturday.
I left for work at about 4:30 AM and actually had no trouble getting there. As the day went on though we could not believe how much snow was coming. No matter how much we shoveled or plowed we couldn’t keep up. I wish I had called in. It was dead obviously. Anyone who did go shopping that day is an imbecile in my opinion.
After 9 hours of feeling helpless against the storm at work I got ready to go home. I dug my car out and had to drop a coworker off. The drive to near his house was rough but manageable. After I dropped him off I got stuck on my way towards a somewhat plowed road. Thankfully I had bought a small shovel at work before I headed home. I used that to shovel my way to the intersection and finally got onto Snelling.
The drive home was somewhat perilous. Drove through several red lights and nearly got stuck a few times. At last I came to my street but when I turned...I became stuck. I called Katie to come help me get unstuck. We decided that there was no way to get the car up the street so we shoveled out a spot by the curb and left the car there. Total time from work to home was more than 2 hours.
The trek home was crazy. Just over a block to the house but the snow was so deep! In some place nearly up to my waist! We got in cleaned up and I called the Tag and Tow line and told them what my situation was. They assured me I would not be ticketed as long as I promptly moved my car after the plow cleared the road.
So Katie made some homemade pizza and we ate dinner and watched Gone with the Wind. I fell asleep as I was exhausted and am not sure how I ended up in bed.
The next day I called into work because there was no way to get to work. After Katie made a hearty breakfast I geared up to go outside and shovel the sidewalks and get the car out. To go with the epic amount of snow the temp outside was now -20 wind chill.
After clearing out behind the garage and noticing the alley was not plowed I made my way to the car. It was still in the same spot...on the same unplowed road...with a ticket! So ticked off I have to deal with this.
Anyway I noticed on the walk to the car that enough snow had been packed down so that I should be able to make it to a plowed street. I did some more clearing of snow and tried to get out. After trying several times and getting stuck a passing person offered help...only it was a guy I used to work with! He helped guide me to backing out and I got on the street again. I sped down the road and made it to the plowed street. After that I walked home and cleared the sidewalk and the porch and came in.
Long day! I’m sore and tired. I am inside and warm watching football. So it’s all good now.
PS The Dome collapsed! How crazy is that?
Oh well hopefully we don’t have to deal with any more blizzards anytime soon.
We can’t wait for our cruise in January!
J/K
