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February 04, 2008
I Hate Snow
There. I said it. It's been a constant refrain running in the background of my thoughts ever since we landed in Minneapolis on December 30.
It's pretty. I know we need it because our aquifer is getting so depleted. I get this. I know it's good as insulation for plants during really cold weather. I know that there are benefits to snowfall.
I still hate it. It's a pain in the ass to shovel, it's a pain in the ass to remove from roofs and driveways and sidewalks and roads. And it's a HUGE, GALAXY-SIZED PAIN IN THE ASS TO DRIVE IN.
And don't get all snitty because I yelled the majority of that last sentence. You should have seen me this morning.
This morning:
1) When I went out to warm up the car, I also took the snow shovel. Because it's getting harder and harder to get out of the driveway with all the piles from plowing the alley. So I moved some of the piles to take care of that problem.
2) I got stuck in one of the parking lots at the university. As near as I can tell, they only actually plowed the most expensive lots. The ones that only tenured faculty & life-long staff can park in. That would not so much be me. I get to park with all of the students. In the lots that didn't get plowed. So I high-centered the car on a drift and had to be dug out by Parking Services. And one very nice guy who hung out to help push once the car was resting on the ground.
I thanked them both about 1,800 times.
(No thanks at all, by the way, to the jackass who walked directly behind the car just as I started to back up and they started to push. You could have been squashed, dumbass. It was pretty obvious what we were doing. Next time, stay out of the way of the car that might accelerate unexpectedly.)
3) I then moved to a different lot, much further away from the center of campus, which had also not been plowed. Where I proceeded to almost get stuck again. I pulled into the space, started to spin my wheels, backed up. Pulled forward, wheels spun again. Shut the car off and leaped out yelling profanities as I Kicked. All. The. Fucking. Snow. Out. Of. The. Parking. Space.
I was either really funny to see or really scary. I don't know which, as no one came along to help.
I know the car's not high-centered this time, though it may be a bit slick under the wheels. However. I have two bags of cat litter in the trunk. I know how to use them if I need to.
Posted by sally at February 4, 2008 02:29 PM
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