After the Storm

Sister Connie's birthday today.  I called her early in the morning to let her know what a beautiful day it was.  A thick fresh blanket of white snow covered everything.  She had planned on a 4-mile walk to celebrate the day but was now thinking it was too cold for that plus they too had received some snow and as she put it "A broken hip isn't in  my plans for this month."   

Overnight, I'd fretted that I shouldn't have put my garbage can out 'cause the wind might blow it onto the road.  At first light, I looked out my front door to check on it and the can was still in place!  Only the top fourth of it stuck out of the drift now so it wasn't likely to be going anywhere.   At 4 p.m. I received a text from the pickup company that they were running behind and would get it tomorrow.  Left the can in place.  If I were to move it I'd have to manually pull it out of the drift it's in and set it back atop the drift.  I'd go through another night worrying it might be blown into the roadway.  Also, I'm still miffed that the garbage pickup company insisted I leave the bin on the opposite side of the road.  If it was on my side of the road it would be at the edge of my driveway and easily accessible.  I'm kinda curious how they are going to extradite the bin.

I was snowbound unless I wanted to walk somewhere.  In the morning I worked on a jigsaw puzzle.  Whip thought the nearby futon would be a good place to stretch out and the cats curled up on the window seats on either side of me.  Glad they were happy to only watch and not try to 'help'.   The plow guy arrived around 1 p.m. and did an excellent job on cleaning off the driveway and around the front of my garage.  No where to go - most activities were cancelled because of the storm - just nice to know I could leave if I wanted.