More Snow, More Shoveling

7:00

7:18

It's 7:05, and I've been up for over an hour. Evie just came downstairs and made her coffee, so we're both sitting here watching light snow fall through a whiteout. It's a chilly 22º and will stay in the low 20s most of the day.

Yesterday was a bizarre day. I woke as usual, skimmed the internet, and read depressing stories about Trump and Savannah Guthrie's mother—nothing about Ukraine, Gaza, or Venezuela. After the blog and breakfast, I finally worked up the courage to call Kia to see if the part they needed had arrived. It had, but they'd neglected to call me, claiming it didn't come in until late Tuesday. BS. So I drove there around 10:00 to finally get my car fixed. They said it would take 15 minutes to install. Doubting that timeline, I walked to Tops and picked up a few things for dinner. I arrived at the dealer at 10:30 and left at 12:30—with a loaner. Unbelievable. They needed one more part, which they were getting from a nearby dealer, and would call when it was done. Well, they never called, and now I'm driving a loaner to yoga today. I can't figure out if they're inept or just dumb.

I left with the loaner at 12:30 and stopped at Arby's for lunch—their roast beef meal with fries and a root beer. It was mediocre at best, though I liked the root beer. I was home by 1:30, tired and out of sorts, so I went upstairs, read a bit, then took a long nap. I didn't feel refreshed, just groggy, and felt off the rest of the afternoon. Evie had a hair appointment at 1:00 with Jaret and didn't get home until 3:00.

She was tired too, so we wasted the rest of the afternoon watching TV or reading on our couches. We had a glass of wine at 5:00 and listened to updates on the Guthrie kidnapping and Congress's questioning of an aggressive Pam Bondi. Big news. For dinner, Evie fried up some burgers and heated some baked beans, and we were happy—except for the fact that we couldn't find anything worth watching other than another episode of Colbert. Evie got so frustrated that she went to bed early. I ended up watching a silly episode of The Lincoln Lawyer and another episode of Unfamiliar on Netflix before heading upstairs.