White Birch and Winter Berries

Didn't wake up w/ a start remembering something in the election documentation where I'd forgotten to 'dot an i or cross a t'.  Those little post-it flags worked great!  Once home last night though I realized my whole body hurt (what had I done all day?).   Soaked in bath before going to bed but this morning I was still 'stove up'.   Breakfast was courtesy Town Clerk Chris.  She stuffs the town hall refrigerator w/ goodies for all of the poll workers to snack on during the day.  As we got ready to leave last night she sent me home w/ a baggy of extra chocolate milk and banana muffins.  Bopped downtown w/ items for this weekend's sale of Books, Baked Goods, and Baubles at the library.   Gossiped for a little while w/ the librarian and volunteer on duty.  After I got home a youngish man knocked at my door.  My new snow plow driver!  We both laughed - we had run into each other yesterday at the election (can't remember why - maybe I registered him to vote?).    While I had recognized his last name I hadn't picked up on his first and, of course, he didn't know me yet.    He was there to see where I wanted him to  plow (I said get as much off  in front of my garage but don't do the two out buildings), where he could push snow (I own both sides of the driveway and my definition of lawn is where it's green so I said he could push big banks of snow wherever it worked best), and where obstacles were located  (don't hit the electrical backboard and avoid the garden post at the edge of Mjolnir).   Later I zoomed w/ a friend.  She wasn't happy w/ the election results and I was staying blissfully oblivious by not watching any news.   We might both resort to watching the BBC and NHK Newsline instead of national news for awhile at least.  By tonight my joints were beginning to loosen up.  Still think I'll turn the electric blanket on and go to bed early.