random thoughts – Day 2,153 (Saturday) – snow globe

Another morning in the snow globe.

I had heard it might snow over the weekend, and sort of zoned out after that. As a result, I was a bit surprised/perturbed when I woke up around 7 am and the world was once again a snow globe. It snowed heavily and steadily for about four hours. The neighborhood plow dove up and down the street with plumes of snow sent airborne from the side edge of the plow. 

In other exciting news, the drip in the kitchen cabinet over the stove was still dripping. The towels placed there last night were wet and about a half-inch of water was pooled in the plastic wastebasket that wasn’t even under the main drip. The wet towels were run through the spin cycle of the washer then popped into the dryer before being returned to drip collection service.

The house was quiet and I was on extra high alert for unusual sounds, especially of water dripping. I wandered from room to room examining the ceilings in search of signs of trouble of the hydration variety. Is that a new spot or is it old or is it just a shadow? Should I pull out the property inspection from the summer and look at all the ceiling photos?

In between rounds of ceiling critique, time was spent reviewing the troupe dance and the duet. The phone was always in hand or within reach in expectation of the promised call back from the roofing guy. At noon, having heard nothing, I sent a text to check in. 

After the neighborhood saint cleared the driveway with his snow blower, I went out to do the finer shovel cleanup. I started a path behind the house for the roof guys to have some sort of access. Luckily, the new snow and the snow from the last storm was light and fluffy. It was up to my knees as I scooped and tossed the stuff further into the yard. Icicles were knocked from the roof with the shovel. The whole thing was a good arm workout that I may regret mightily tomorrow.

The duet partner arrived for practice. We moved the furniture out of the way and got to dancing. We were great in the first run-though, then a couple spots got a little messed up the next couple times. That happens when we start getting into our heads. The roofer called while we were practicing. He could send a couple guys over Sunday morning, but I will be at dance group doing final troupe run-throughs before the show tomorrow night so we scheduled for Monday morning.

After that, I went full-on snow-day hibernation and sat on the couch to read a book.

The leak in the cabinet seems to have taken a break, and the wood that was obviously wet earlier seemed nearly dry by 8:30. The towels were washed and dried, and a couple were reset in the cabinet in case there is more hydro activity overnight. The temperature has dropped to a whopping one degree with an “extreme cold warning” in effect until 1 pm Sunday, so whatever was leaking is probably frozen again and that is okay with me for now.