Rant #3,895: More, More, More

Well, we got hit again in my neck of the woods.

Yesterday morning, we woke up out of our deep slumbers to find that the snow was really coming down, falling on top of the two feet we already had a few days earlier.

It was supposed to stop by 10 a.m., but it continued pouring down a little beyond that time.

I would say that all told, it was worse than the weather forecasters predicted, and when it finally ended, I would say we got about two or three more inches, at the very least, of new snow--

New snow to clean off our cars ...

New snow to dig ourselves out of ...

New snow that will be old snow by today and into the weekend.

This new snow will become old snow because we might get more today, and forecasters are predicting that we might get another pummeling on Monday or Tuesday, another big snow to open up the month of March.

Some say that we really should not be complaining, because we have not really gotten much snow during the past few years, so we were due.

I say that any hint of snow is a time of disappointment, because I simply hate the white stuff.

And what makes it worse for my family is that my son has to work outside in it.

It seems that every day he works is another bad snow day, and yes, he worked on Sunday and he worked yesterday.

I don't know how many shopping carts he can gather and maneuver when the ground is full of the white stuff, but that is his job, so he has to do it.

And, of course, working outside in this type of weather, he is going to be more open to getting sick, but happily, at least right now, he has been able to stay healthy.

We live in a 55-and-older community, and let me tell you, there are people here who have not been outside since we got that two feet of snow the other day, and they certainly did not venture out into the new snow yesterday.

So their cars are pretty much buried, and who knows when they will get outside into the fresh air?

I went out early yesterday to clean off my wife's car, because she was taking our son to work.

She goes to the gym when she does this, so it just makes it easier for her, killing two birds with one stone, so to speak.

I also cleaned off my own car, but I didn't use it until I had to pick my son up from work later in the day.

I did as best as I could with my wife's car, and at one point, I almost slipped on the ice, but let me tell you, my left leg held up pretty well ...

As long as I didn't fall, which I didn't.

I cleaned my wife's car off, and it was ready to go, but the problem was that there was a smaller snow plow parked about 50 feet behind her--

Which made backing out of her space a bit more difficult.

But after a little bit of maneuvering--there was also a car looking to move forward coming at her as she did this--she got out of the space, and was on her way to drop off our son at work and go to the gym.

At this point, the winter of 2025-2026 is going to be a memorable one, but for all the wrong reasons.

The snow doesn't stop, and now that we are entering the last month of winter, it doesn't seem to be letting up at all.

I feel the worst for our son, who has to work in the midst of all of this white stuff.

But he will get through it, my wife and I will get through it ...

We will also all get through it, and you know what is going to happen--

Once the summer comes, we will almost forget about this winter, and complain to no end about how hot it is outside.

That is human nature--

And more importantly, that is how Mother Nature works her mysterious ways.

Let me count the days, and the inches, until we can fully dig ourselves out from all of this mess.