Snow Bound Still in Everyday Ramblings

It is going to be like this for a few more days. Well, through Monday. I have been out in the very local neighborhood a few times since the big storm. Today, this afternoon, I am venturing to the studio and the high priced downtown grocery. I won’t be able to make it to my grocery until next Tuesday. But at least I can get the garbage out and pick up the mail.

The poor beleaguered mail carrier had to do most of his route on foot yesterday and it was quite icy in places. They did plow our main road so a lot of folks are starting to venture out and the office is open.

I am so grateful for my ski pants, grippers and trek poles. Without them I would be in for the duration. It looks like we may have another storm week after next so I am going to provision like crazy next week.

Kes and I had a whole day planned around the vet visit scheduled Monday. She was going to have lunch with her best friend after and we were going to hang out a bit with our favorite vet. But there is no way it is going to be safe for her to get up here. At least not near.

Also the cross-country ski trip has been canceled.

Don’t tell anyone but I think I am, ummm, kinda done with snow.

Walking in it is very invigorating and good for all the balance centers and muscles in the legs and feet and hips but it is also a major energy drain. At least I am sleeping well.

I am so grateful for so much during this difficult weather. People are dealing with amazing challenges and I am just sitting at home with the cats, all la de da, earning a full paycheck.

The folks from Wyoming are a bit flummoxed by why they can’t make a credit card payment because our Cashier’s office was closed for two whole days because of the snow… Really?

Actually… I am a bit flummoxed by this too, but I made the choice not to be a manager so that I could pursue my artistic tendencies… so I don’t get a vote in this matter.

Oh speaking of tendencies… Kes and I had interesting discussions throughout the day on these four…tendencies

I am so an Upholder and doing the quiz and thinking about this all made me realize why I have often felt alienated and a little different especially when it comes to health and fitness. I am surrounded by Obligers.

I am going to see if I can find a couple of Upholders to hang out with. I think that will make me happy. People often “hate” me, or compare themselves to me in terms of the consistency and relative ease with which I address issues of health and fitness and work and…

And while it is nice on occasion to be inspirational I am far from perfect and need to work on my own set of challenges and would like to have a few people I am close to that can understand that and can talk about challenges in a context that makes sense without this comparison, less than thing that goes on.

Anyway, it is a fun thing to think about on a cold snowbound day.