An Inch Or Two Of Snow, More To Come?

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7:41

Up way too early, like yesterday, at 5:20, just popped awake and couldn't get back to sleep.  Strange how I know the time when I wake, that I won't be able to get back to sleep.  I checked outside and we may have had an inch of snow last night, still not much of an accumulation.  I am not complaining. It's warmer than yesterday, 24º and it's still too dark to see the sky or the lake.

Yesterday was really cold but there was little accumulated snow so I went to yoga expecting a small class but when I walked in, it was almost full.  Everyone seemed to want to get out of the house, get some exercise, even a couple of new people in our class.  After class, I stopped for a coffee at Ryders, as usual, and drove home carefully and slowly, though the roads seemed fine, but you never know. When I got home, Evie was busy with getting the house in order for our trip, sorting and packing her clothes for our twelve days living out of a suitcase.  And we both put together an emergency kit for our car, so we are prepared if we ever get stuck on an interstate like the poor souls in Buffalo two days ago.  Scary.

We then spent the rest of the day organizing, taking it easy, no walks or hikes because of the cold weather. I did shovel the parking area but there was hardly any snow, the wind having blown most of it away.  And I walked some along Woodlawn, and it felt good, as the wind had lessened, the cold was not as bitter as earlier in the day.  I could have kept going but it was late and a glass of wine was waiting.

Snacking Canadian Geese, Wednesday Afternoon

Dinner was easy, leftover pot roast and mashed potatoes, a salad, the perfect meal for the day before we travel, easy but good.  Not much on TV so we watched the Cavs lose to the Spurs, a pretty good game.  The Cavs had a chance to win it but Lebron had a turnover in the last few seconds and the Cavs lost the game.

Neither one of us are looking forward to today.  For one thing, we discovered we have no heat in our upstairs bedrooms, so we are going try to get a plumber over here before we leave, if we leave.  I am not optimistic but we will see.  Late morning, Evie has a dentist appointment, and when she gets home around 1:00, we will have to make a decision whether to drive to Cleveland, take the chance despite the warnings, or not.  It looks like the lake effect snow will be spotty, bad in some areas, fine in others but you cannot tell.  If there's any doubt, we will probably put off our travel a day but it does not sound like it will be much better tomorrow until late in the day.  Decisions.  Uncertainty. Anxiety.