We did have some freezing rain and sleet this Snowmageddon but nothing serious as last year. The roads did ice over which required some caution. I knew I needed to drive carefully, slowly and with greater effort. I wish the cats could stay in the hotel with us for a reasonable amount. Since I’m not a millionaire, I chanced the weather and roads to check up on them every day. This is when my NEST thermostat comes in handy, I can remotely check and adjust the temperature in the house to keep them comfy. Now if it would only follow the damned schedule I programmed into it; every morning, it jumps to 21.5° C to overheat the house (for cats).
Above is a photo to remind me of what I left behind which made me chuckle. I never had the good fortune to live in Chicago as my friends and brother did yet what those people are doing with their patio chairs happens in Milwaukee. Downstate in the less interesting Bloomington-Normal or Springfield? Only in the older, more established neighborhoods: my Grandma’s house, to some extent, my favorite house on Douglas Avenue. It’s unnecessary in Austin. We don’t have snow plows.
After today, the worst of this crap weather is mostly over. We’ll still have below zero in the evenings to freeze up all the the standing water that hasn’t evaporated. The roads will be fine as the ice will be gone and it dovetails into the supply chain recovering much faster to restock us in those vitals: toilet paper, Topo Chico and tasteless wonder bread. My ice scraper and gloves will go back into storage until the next time (aka, the floor of my car since the glove box is crowded).