I can't even move.

[quasigeostrophy]

And I need to go shower. Four separate shifts to get the driveway shoveled. I'd go out for about 20-30 minutes, get tired, come in and rest for about the same, and go back and do it all again. But it's done. And I still don't have to go up to Purdue tomorrow, because my advisor and I agreed to cancel our meeting - besides, Tippecanoe County Schools are closed through Friday and this works out better for her situation, too.

Toni took some pictures of my progress with the driveway and walkway. Here they are in order:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Sorry, but I just don't have enough of a brain to write captions at the moment.

Comments

*pats you on the back*

[djinnthespazz.livejournal.com]

Good work!

[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

YOWZA...thassa lotta shovelin-a! Good-a job-a!

[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

wow. That looks like a lot more snow than the foot I heard you were going to get.

From earlier comments you've made I presume you don't get enough snow to justify buying a snow blower.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we don't usually get enough that I feel the need to get a snow blower. Plus, with the slope of our driveway, when it's icy, I've got concerns about dealing with one on that because I've never used one.

Officially, I think Fishers (our town) got 9.5 inches, which is what the middle of our driveway measured before I shoveled around it. Since we're on a south-facing hill, we get a lot of drifting.

[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

Snow blowers have pretty good traction with either knobbly tires or rubber caterpiller treads, but snow over ice is just about as frictionless as you can get.

[medusas-secret.livejournal.com]

I empathize. Those pictures look almost identical to my driveway and the other houses on my street. Luckily, I was outside shoveling the driveway at the same time as my neighbor who has a snow blower. She very kindly offered to help me out or it would have taken me much longer. Rest up. You deserve it after all that hard work.

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

I saw the neighbor two doors down with his snowblower for a few. I was tempted to go offer him $20 to bring it down here, but he went back in and I was over half done anyway.