As I slept last night I could hear the patter of snow hitting my window. The blind were down so I couldn’t see much of what was going on. I woke up to my mom asking me to clear the driveway. She had just come home from the night shift and the driveway was buried in several inches of snow. She said she had much difficulty getting in, and that she smelled burned rubber as a result of her attempts to get into the garage. Well, my father had purchased a snow blower before my return home. He was urging me to assemble the thing, but I had never really gotten around to doing it. I kind of regret it.

I put on my boots and my Old Navy hoodie, turned on my iPod, and finally grabbed the shovel. I really didn’t know where to begin. I started though at the end closest to the garage. It’s a good thing too. A bunch of snow plows came by a few minutes in and plowed a bigger mound at the foot of the driveway. As it happened, I heard someone a few houses down cursing at the plow because it buried stuff he already shoveled.

I looked around and about 10 people were out shovelling as well. Free from sarcasm, I can still say that I love Canada. Such weather brings people together. As I was shovelling, one of my neighbours started clearing part of the sidewalk in front of my house. I thanked him. We have a double garage so I have to shovel a bit more than most people in the neighbourhood. Him clearing the walkway saved me from a bit more agony. I finished in about an hour and a bit. Not bad, I guess. It helped that I had some music to listen to. Right now though, I’m achy, and my hands are black and bruised. They need some time to recover. Other than that, I don’t mind shovelling. It’s damn good exercise.

This week has been good to me. I’ve just received an e-card from Raien. I went out with Yuki yesterday for some food and some good conversation. Last Saturday I went to Mongolian with Fred and Laurie. I have a good story to tell about that meal, but I’ll save it for later. I kind of wish I had more time to see people I haven’t seen in a while. It’d also give me more time to clean up and get things all clean for Christmas. Ugh. I also have very little time before I’m leaving for New York.

So much to do, so little time to do it.