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:

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

Comments

[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.