Well, the new year is here. It looks a lot like the old year. Yesterday, the last day of 2007, we woke up expecting about five inches of snow on the ground. Instead, we had a foot of snow. Whatever plans we had for the day (and we had plans) were replaced by shoveling. Shoveling the driveway. Shoveling the deck. Shoveling the walks. Shoveling the exposed top floor of the new house,. where there are only two suitable openings to throw the snow off from. And this morning I needed to clear off the trailer and the trash corral before receiving another foot of snow. Which started while I was outside clearing. Seems kind of pointless, really.
I won't miss the snow while we're gone from New Hampshire. The boys will, but we can always head north in the winter, play in the snow, and then go home without ever having touched a shovel. That sounds just fine to me. And for William, who has taken a fancy to skating, I think that the fact that it's a year-round activity in California will thrill him.
And when we return to the Granite State, as we plan to, snow will be less of an issue. Intead of a narrow, 150-foot driveway to clear, we will just have a short front parking area. And because the new house is closer to the road, we'll be able to park our cars up front, nose out, and get out to go to work or take the kids to school and worry about clearing away the snow later in the day.
In addition, I certainly hope I won'y be getting up at 5:00 to go to NPC by the time we get back; shoveling snow in the morning in the dark is a real drag.
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