Complain, complain

Ah...where to begin?  It is February 3rd and only a week ago we were struggling with clearing the sidewalks, driveways, etc. Where to put all that snow.  Today, as I was driving home from the store, it was raining.  Raining!!! R A I N I N G !! How can that be?  We are still trying to drive on our narrow streets because of all the snow and it is warming up, melting and of course, raining!


Since it was cold last week (-30) and even on Monday morning it was -24, I went to wash my car as it had not been cleaned for a few months. Even in winter your car gets dirty. With all the sand, the melting and now rain, it is dirty all over again. The clean car lasted only two days. How frustrating is that?!


Oh, I know what's frustrating. My neighbor who leaves his van on the street and the grader has to drive around it. His van, plus extra snow drifts make it a struggle to get out of our driveway. Yesterday, they had front-end loaders scape the road around the cul de sac and pile the snow in the center. They did not do the actual road OUT of the cul de sac. Yesterday, the van was not there (thankfully), although it would not have hindered the loaders. Today, though it is right in the pathway of any activity. I took it upon myself to knock on their door to inform them of what was going on today but no one was home. I hope they come home BEFORE the grader gets here. That vehicle needs to be moved so we can have a clean street. The City is scraping the streets but I am not sure if it is better nor not. Some of the streets have been packed down nicely and have lots of room to drive on while others are rutted, narrow and high with snow drifts. Guess it depends on whether homeowners are using snowblowers, throwing snow on their own property or onto the street or doing little or nothing. Our street is probably better off left alone but it will get graded and then there will be more piles of snow and ice to cause less parking than before.  Why are we living here again??!!


My other beef today is 'courtesy' on the road. Due to all these windrows of snow, only one lane is available on some of the streets so ... who gets the right-of-way? the guy who gets there first? come on people, where's courtesy. I must have waited for about 10 cars before I was able to pull out and I had the right of way!


Ok, that's enough complaining. Negativity breeds more negativity. It's time to 'get positive' again. I did a positive thing for a lady at the store today. She had a little 2 or 3 year old daughter tagging along  behind her AND a 2 or 3 week old baby in her arms, as well as holding on to her big purse, a bag of celery and lettuce, a package of diapers under one arm and she was trying to get a cucumber. I offered to get the cucumber for her. We looked at 3 or 4 and she finally chose one she liked. I stuck it in the lettuce bag and off she went. Young moms are amazing.

I was visiting a friend today and I admitted to her that I was in a "negative mood. Not the best frame of mind to be in when you are visiting people. I had not seen her for awhile so I 'dumped' (you can do that with friends) and felt a little better - but I guess not all that much since I was still complaining in this blog - BUT I am home and happy to be here and by tomorrow I should be feeling better. They may be right when they say you need your 'beauty rest'. I think it refers to more than physical appearance. Tonight I am hitting the sheets early.


On second thought I can't do that as Grey's is on at 10 pm and we don't have that fancy PVC or VAC or PAC or whatever they call it, so you have to ' be there to watch it' or catch it on the reruns. Guess I will be sleeping in on Friday.