There isn't a lot to report today considering I spent my whole day
trapped at the theater. I had planned to crochet at least one hat,
and made sure I had everything I needed, including a couple hat
patterns that looked promising. But then I left the yarn on my bed.
The yarn happens to be one of the most important aspects of a crochet
project, in case you weren't aware. So no hats were made today.
Instead, I played a bunch of Animal Crossing and read half of
a book that I got my brother for Christmas, Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline. It looked interesting and it has been so far.
Normally I would have a dinner break and have an hour away from this
place but there were reports of heavy snow today so this morning I
made an extra peanut butter sandwich and all the other stuff I made
for lunch, just in case. And it came in handy because there were at
least a few inches of snow on the ground by the time I would have
gone on break and it was still falling heavily. And it has continued
to do so for the rest of the night. I'm not looking forward to
digging my car out because even though I had the forethought to bring
my dinner, I didn't throw in my boots or a hat or my raincoat to
block the wind and snow. So my feet are going to freeze and my
hoodie is going to get covered in snow. Good times. Hopefully it
will stop snowing by the time I leave but I'm not holding my breath.
I am kind of glad that I worked a double today though because I got
here before the snow started so I didn't have to drive through it to
get here, and by the time I get off there shouldn't be too many
drivers on the road. That is the one benefit to getting off work in
the middle of the night. I don't mind driving in the snow but I do
mind other drivers driving in the snow. Especially after my first
truck was totaled by a lady who couldn't drive safely a tiny bit of
ice.
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And now a post-snow update. My car was buried beneath six inches or
so of snow, with drifts at the front up to the headlights. It took
me about fifteen minutes to clean it all off but it actually wasn't
too bad, even with having to stand in down halfway up my shins. I
think the Electronic music I was blasting from my car helped.
When I tried to pull out I got about two inches so ended up reversing
out of my parking spot. For a second I didn't think I would make it
out of the parking long because there was so much snow and my car is
so low to the ground. There was a lot of tire spinning. I didn't
even attempt going out the normal way because that was too much of an
incline and I would have been there all night. Instead I went out
through the trailer park and got incredibly lucky. I ended up
driving behind a small pickup truck that was pulling a plow and
clearing the road. Even though it was all flat ground, I seriously
doubt I would have been able to make it through the back way if the
plow guy hadn't been in front of me. I got incredibly lucky.
The
main road had been cleared at some point so there were only a few
inches of snow and it was smooth sailing. Until I got to the side
street that I turn off of to get to my street. It was still
completely covered and I made it about halfway before getting stuck.
I reversed and then went forward again, powering through until I got
to my next turn. I was a little worried about it but I maintained my
speed and didn't have any problems. My driveway was another story.
It has a decent grade to it and it splits into a double-wide driveway
halfway up, and I park on the second side so as not to block the
garage door. I decided to maintain speed, but not too much speed,
and just see what happened. I made it about halfway up and had just
started to turn into the side spot when my car decided it wasn't
having it. I knew that if I tried to back out into the circle and
try again I would have gotten stuck in the circle, so I called it
good. I put it in park, put my windshield cover on, got my backpack,
and trudged through the snow to my house. At some point, maybe
tomorrow, I'll have to dig my car out and pull it the rest of the way
up the driveway. Unless the guys come and clear the driveway before
I can get out there. That would be nice.
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