New at this whole country-living thing

I'm pretty sure the traffic cam being frozen over is a bad sign?

Snow day

Or, rather, a Wintry Mix day.

Slush

Ice

Sleet

Yeah

Schools closed

Sections of highway closed

Local streets unplowed (though they have been salted, but since it's still coming down, no helpy)

An interview w/ a salt truck driver in Philly (we're not so far, really, and get Philly news as local) giving his advice on "how to drive in these conditions": Don't. Stay home. Get some soup, and some movies.

Alive

Yes, & also well.

Missed the opportunity to commute yesterday because movers' tardiness (& general suckitude) made Sunday a real drag.
Drove home in blinding snow in a full-up cargo van down dark (& when I say!) country roads very late that night.
Too late to unload till yesterday morning.

So yesterday I unpacked & tried to recover.

Mebbe by the next time I move, someone will have perfected teleportation.
Beam me the eff up, Scotty.

Settling in, adapting to new routines.

I say "opportunity" because I love trains.
(Anything with wheels or an engine, truthfully.
When Mrs. Lancaster asked in 2nd grade what I'd be: a truckdriver.
Was told 'twas not a job for girls, but just to be clear, I'm only not because I changed my own mind, so there.)
This morning there were three slick bald Mr. Cleans in my compartment.
The glint off their pates was mesmerizing.
The man next to me was reading Plutarch, in Greek.
I saw graffiti that said "Fuck You, David" in foot-high letters & some other things that made me wish I'd packed my camera.

Pictures, to be sure, to come.
& poems too. The train is a good place to write.

It's snowing!