I'm sitting here all nice and warm in our house looking outside at the Winter Wonderland that God has provided us here in eastern Connecticut. I'm sure this was an answer to prayer for someone (some lunatic skier perhaps), but it certainly was not for me! We have at least two feet of snow and counting, which is about 24 inches too much. Welcome to the record books...this is one of the largest winter storms ever to hit the Eastern US. And so, since I am a weather aficionado (which is only one college course from a Meteorologist) I feel compelled to talk about the weather.
Time to shovel. My wife bought me the orange jacket & pants just in case I fell off the roof; she would have a better chance of finding me. At least I THINK that's why she bought it for me. Come to think of it, this is the exact same outfit that the state prisoners wear during the winter. It's possible that she has already called the police, reported an escaped prisoner, and they could be on their way as we speak. So I'll have to type fast to make sure I get this done just in case. I hung the orange outfit in the basement to dry but I'm sure they would find it and that would be the end of me. However, I'm betting that my wife did not call the police...you see, I'm not quite done shoveling yet.
Because the snow is over 20 inches taller than our dog Lily she decided not to go out until I shoveled a path for her. Wimp. It took me about 20 minutes (one minute per inch of snow...a snow blower I ain't) but I finally shoveled a path into our front yard so Lily could do her thing. We let her out, she ran down the stairs, ran to the end of the path (which took her all of 2 seconds), turned around and said "are ya kiddin' me?" I just shut the door. She turned around and proceeded to do what she does best in the winter, produce some yellow snow. Yay Lily! Then, because of the snow, she came in the house all white...she also went out of the house all white...white dogs tend to do that.
Many people are beginning to give up with this winter weather. Even vehicles are giving up. I looked outside this morning and both of our vehicles had their windshield wipers raised in the air...for those of you that don't know, this is a vehicle's sign that they have given up. It's kind of like you raising your arms in the air during a bank robbery. Unless of course YOU are the one robbing the bank in which case your arms should not be in the air. If you weren't aware of this then you should not be robbing banks. May I suggest taking up a different profession...like politics. Never mind, basically the same line of business.
Let's take a look at the long range forecast. Since last week was Groundhog Day (what other rodent has its own day?), according to Punxsutawney Phil who is the world's leading prognosticator of all things weather, we should all be getting out our swim gear because Spring is right around the corner. How about this, Phil? How about you grab a shovel to help me clear over 24 inches of "Spring Is Right Around The Corner"!
Now if you'll excuse me I have to outside to go tell my vehicles that everything will be all right.
