Well, this week is finally coming to an end. After getting through the first few months of winter relatively unscathed (though a bit cold), things have taken a turn for the worse around here. Especially at my house. I had to plow the driveway on Wednesday morning, again when I got home that night, once again yesterday morning (we had at least a foot of snow – maybe more) and damned if I didn’t have to do it again when I got home. Since last weekend, I would venture to guess we’ve gotten somewhere around three feet of snow. The snowbanks by the driveway are a lot taller than I am, and I was mid-thigh deep in it trying to walk around in the front yard last night (looking for Bud, who now finds it ridiculously easy to walk over the fence, the little bastard). Plus, other than one day of sunshine and 30’ish degrees, it’s been really fucking cold and windy, too.

For the weekend? More snow, more wind, more cold. In fact, it’s snowing out there right now. I’m going to have to plow the yard so the dogs can walk around – it’s damn near over their heads right now. And they say we’re due for another Monday morning commute nightmare, with a foot of snow predicted to fall between Sunday night and Monday morning. I’m really not looking forward to that.

If you’ve been paying attention, you may have heard that Syracuse “self-imposed” a post-season ban on the basketball team for as-yet unnamed NCAA violations. So, no March Madness for me. Normally this would be rather depressing (especially given the weather), but I’m finding it difficult to care. The older I get, the less I care about much of anything.

Oh well, time to get ready for my weekly trip to Costco.