Snowy Tuesday

I slept crappy on Monday night. I got about two hours of sleep and then lay awake from midnight until 5:30 AM. I tried every trick I could think of and nothing worked. I had serious doubts about making it through Tuesday’s workday!

But, with the help of a significant amount of coffee, I made it.

We are supposed to have our second major snowstorm of this winter today, with the heaviest accumulation between 4:00 PM and midnight. Well, it was already snowing lightly at 11:00 AM.

Then I did something incredibly stupid at lunchtime (not that I don’t do the occasional incredibly stupid thing – think motorcycles). Since I have not done a real grocery shopping in a while, I went to Meijer’s to pick up some staples. I was thinking, well, I may get snowed in and, even though I don’t have to go to work tomorrow, I’d still like to eat well...

Apparently everybody else in the world had the same thought! I had to park about mile away. You couldn’t get down the aisles and I was like the tenth person back in the checkout lane. I spent just $41.00 and had only 20 items, but it took me over 45 minutes to get out of there!

And, there was NOTHING I had to have!

I walked from the back to the front of the building where I work for a total of seven times throughout the day. So, my legs were killing me.

When I left work at 4:00 PM, it was snowing significantly with a wicked wind blowing and drifting the snow. It took over ten minutes just to scrape the windows and brush off all the snow… But, the car was nice and warm when I left to drive the five minutes home!

I treated the cats and then chilled for a bit. I probably had about 1 1/2 inches of new snow on top of the old snow so far. It’s supposed to be 2-4 inches of fresh snow today.

When it was time to eat, I warmed up two thick slices of the now-dwindling meatloaf, and made some wide egg noodles (one of the staples I picked up today). I put some ketchup on the meatloaf (I don’t, normally) and that balanced out the vinegar. So, it was a hearty winter supper, just right for the current weather! It appeared the snow had stopped about 7:30 PM.

I was beat so I deliberately shut off the TV and the lights and went to bed at 8:30 PM. I knew I wouldn’t sleep through the night, but I also knew I really needed some rest.