another bout with snow... it's becoming an unpleasant habit :(

another snowstorm, another snowday... and more unplanned cross training with my snow shovel! these are the days (apologies to natalie merchant) :O

the news that nyc set a record for january snowfall (30+ inches - so far) with this most recent snowfall is hardly surprising. since the december blizzard it seems like we've been on the receiving end of snow storm at least once a week. have i mentioned that winter is my least favorite season?!

all this before february - which is typically our snowiest (dig that word) month. plenty more dates with the snow shovel still loom on the calendar. is snow exhaustion a recognized ailment? at this point i'm completely used to the drill (delayed school openings, metronorth switching over to a saturday schedule midweek, digging out the cars - with no visible road to drive on).

my problem is a bit more practical - with all this snow and the continued deep freeze - there's no place left to put the new stuff!! i found myself in the strange position of adding the new snow to the all too familiar piles of still unmelted old snow - creating heroic looking dirty white mountains in the process. i've reached the point where, without any appreciable melting in the near future, i'm going to have to shovel the shoveled snow to a new location to make room for the soon to arrive next wave - argh!!

apologies for the rant. i've succumbed to snow exhaustion (and january isn't even done yet)!