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Like about half the country, I had a snow day today (which is apparently something like a once-a-decade event at Alma College). The tradeoff, of course, was that I had to get rid of a foot or more of snow along all my sidewalks and the driveway.
But it turns out, it was a joy! There was no rush, and last fall Kim and I splurged on a two-stage snow thrower, which with a little coaxing was able to handle the snow quite well. (The biggest challenge was hacking away the high walls of compressed snow that the city plows left behind, blocking our driveways and sidewalks from the street. But I was eventually able to grind through those after several passes.) In fact, inspired by a neighbor who often cleared part of our sidewalk for us with his snow thrower last year, I went ahead and cleared the sidewalk all the way down our block. (One tiny way to give back a little to the neighborhood.) I felt wonderfully altruistic... and it was cool to see the deep cut that I created through the drifts.
The other real delight of the day was watching our neighbors' young daughters romp through their yard in the morning. They were absolutely thrilled by the snow (some drifts and piles were as tall as they were!), and it took me back to glorious times like that when I was a kid. It's going to be a lot of fun to share that with my own kid(s) someday. Life is beautiful.
But it turns out, it was a joy! There was no rush, and last fall Kim and I splurged on a two-stage snow thrower, which with a little coaxing was able to handle the snow quite well. (The biggest challenge was hacking away the high walls of compressed snow that the city plows left behind, blocking our driveways and sidewalks from the street. But I was eventually able to grind through those after several passes.) In fact, inspired by a neighbor who often cleared part of our sidewalk for us with his snow thrower last year, I went ahead and cleared the sidewalk all the way down our block. (One tiny way to give back a little to the neighborhood.) I felt wonderfully altruistic... and it was cool to see the deep cut that I created through the drifts.
The other real delight of the day was watching our neighbors' young daughters romp through their yard in the morning. They were absolutely thrilled by the snow (some drifts and piles were as tall as they were!), and it took me back to glorious times like that when I was a kid. It's going to be a lot of fun to share that with my own kid(s) someday. Life is beautiful.
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