This Little House on the Prairie Shit

[mallorys_camera]

We ended up getting about two feet of snow.

Brandi couldn't have been nicer when I finally connected with her, and her husband is out there plowing the driveway now. I will have to go out & shovel the bits that couldn't be plowed and also salt the bits that could be plowed since it's sleeting now, and it's only 20°F, which means every surface is going to ice over. Also, I want to check on the poor chickens. Their coop is a good 100 yards from the house. 100 yards under two feet of snow.

The electricity did not go out, for which I am deeply grateful. The Internet went down, but it is back up now.

I feel mentally exhausted. I do not like this Little House on the Prairie shit at all.

But ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

So onward, fellow humans.

Comments

[halfmoon_mollie1]

Good. I have been wondering, and worried about you.

It has been so cold here that the salt and the snowmelt don't work.

Please be careful and take care of yourself. How are the chickens?

[mallorys_camera]

Dunno how the chickens are yet. I'm going to have to dig my way out to their coop.

[puddleshark]

Glad to hear you still have power, and that you've got help with the driveway. Hope the chooks are okay.

It looks very beautiful, that hideous white stuff.

[mallorys_camera]

Thank you! 😊

[rebeccmeister]

On a day like today, once the internet is restored, it is important to watch videos of New Yorkers in the Snow.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DT8eu_0iaqe/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Godspeed on reaching the coop. I'm trying to figure out how to get to work tomorrow morning. The buses *are* running but I probably need to budget an extra hour just to be sure I arrive on time for the 8:30 am lab.

[mallorys_camera]

Yeah, I haven't mustered the oomph to make it out to the coop yet, but I must pretty soon.

Sorry about yr insufficient public transportation options.

[rebeccmeister]

Ehh, the transportation woes are just a product of the general longtime failings of our society. At least I mostly only need to take the bus at times like this, instead of every single day!

[asakiyume]

I stuck a yardstick in the snow--we got 17 inches.

Thinking of you. Hang in there. (What useless words, but they're what I've got...)

[mallorys_camera]

Oh, hey. You are my good pal. And I apppreciate your support. ❤️

[michaelboy]

But Carolyn, Carrie fell into the well and Charles is snowed in with Laura and Mary in Mancato!