a snow story

[fearlesstemp]

Holy crap, there's a lot of snow out there! I just spent an hour and a half digging out (1) our sidewalk, (2) part of the driveway, and (3) my blue bomber out of what has to be 2+ feet of snow. The temperatures today have stayed firmly in the "Effing Cold" category, which meant things both good (light, fluffy snow!) and bad (one freezes one's ass off while digging out!). The main highlight of said digging out occurred after I'd finally gotten my car running and into the street, where I waited for my brother to pull his car in front of me into the driveway (due to a snow emergency, no parking on the street like we usually do). It had taken twenty minutes of tire-spinning torture to get myself out of my original spot, and I suddenly again found myself unable to move. Had I destroyed my ancient transmission? Blown a tire? Somehow driven into another snowbank (visibility was low, people, it was possible!)?

My brother and I enacted a story in three acts about my car.

Act One: From a Distance

LJAGU: (from the garage thirty feet away) JESS! [GARBLED YELLING]

Self: WHAT?

LJAGU: [MORE GARBLED YELLING]

Self: (shifting into first again, to no avail) ...WHAT? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY TRANSMISSION EXPLODING!

LJAGU: [YET MORE GARBLED YELLING]

Act Two: Brute Force

LJAGU: (traipses down the driveway, stops in front of my car) I'm going to push!

Self: Okay!

(I shift into reverse, he pushes.)

(No movement whatsoever.)

LJAGU: Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking there.

Act Three: The Solution

Self: (panicking after three more tries with no luck) Dude! Did I kill my car?

LJAGU: (leans in my open window) I don't know, it's - wait. Your emergency brake is on.

Self: No, it's - oh.

LJAGU: (already walking away) Yeah.

Self: Sorry!

In other news: Today I had my first snow day as a paid public school teacher. It is awesome, and I am greedy for another one tomorrow, especially since I'm fighting off a cold and teaching a herd of eighth graders on limited physical and mental resources (I swear, colds make both my body and brain slower) is about as fun as it sounds.

Comments

[foxyfrau.livejournal.com]

SNOW!!! I am so psyched! It had better still be there on Sunday! Woo hoo! Can't wait to see you and the white fluffy goodness! I'll joyfully help with any shoveling you have to do (as long as you loan me some boots, as I no longer own any).

NY here I come!

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

ANNABEAN! I think the snow will def. be here on Sunday, and it is a LOT of snow! So much so that if you fall back on it, you don't hit the ground. I know because I made a snow angel after digging out my car. Big fun!

I can't wait to see you! Call me when you're settled in and we will start planning our Super Fun

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

Okay, so I totally forgot to finish my comment! Call me when you're settled and we will start planning our Super Fun Week. Including a visit to Bomber's!

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

Aaand I'm pretty sure I put an apostrophe in there where it didn't belong. See? COLDS MELT MY BRAIN!

[gnorph.livejournal.com]

Yes! Snow day! It was just long enough for me to realize I'm EXHAUSTED.

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

Yay, snow day! I feel the same way - I can't believe I'm greedy for another day off when I've got all of next week, but I am.

[ladulcinea.livejournal.com]

You have all of next week off???? Man they take President's Day seriously up there :|

[fearlesstemp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we're hardcore about presidents in NYS! We get a week off in February and another week off in April. March is an endless spell of five-day weeks in between, though. Do you have no vacations like that? I don't know how one could survive as a teacher without the occasional vacations to recharge.

Also: I heart that icon.