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ghost2 ([personal profile] ghost2) wrote2009-01-05 06:36 pm

Good thing I don't have to go anywhere right now

Well, 2009 got off to a rousing start when I slipped and fell on some ice on Jan. 1. I came out of it with just bruises all down my right leg (which I landed on) and a few days of stiffness, but it could have been a lot worse. Last year, a friend of a friend slipped on a sidewalk and broke her pelvis. Yesterday, an old man in this area fell, hit his head, and ended up dying.

Since the 1st, the weather has really turned. Currently the driveway and sidewalk are all over ice. I went out to get the newspaper yesterday, took one step on the pavement, and almost went flat on my face. Since then, to get to the mailbox and the newspaper box on the street, I've cut across the knee-high snow on the lawn, because at least I'm not going to kill myself walking on that stuff.

The street looks like this: and the driveway looks like this: . Two bigger and better pictures are inside the cut.

Parts of the driveway photo make it look merely wet. Oh, so misleading. It's pure ice out there. And yes, the driveway is long. Talk about a pain in the ass to shovel when it snows!





[identity profile] cersia5.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
We've got the same crap here in Davenport :(. I started 2009 with Bronchitis...does seem to be going away though.
Edited 2009-01-06 02:27 (UTC)

[identity profile] ghost2.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
I can stand the cold, as long as it isn't too nasty. I can tolerate a certain amount of snow. But already we've had as much snow as we usually get in an entire winter! And the ice is just plain dangerous.

I've been fortunate enough not to get sick in a while. I hope you recover quickly.

[identity profile] biichan.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
God. I remember one day when I was in college where I slipped and fell on the ice FIFTEEN TIMES.

[identity profile] ghost2.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
The ice right now is about as bad as I've ever seen it. I'm glad I went to the store the day before it turned so horrible. There's NO WAY I'm going anywhere again until conditions improve a lot. It's just too dangerous out there.
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[identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:11 am (UTC)(link)
*lends you some ice skates*

Ouch! I've every sympathy for you, I hate snow and ice too.

[identity profile] ghost2.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
*gratefully accepts ice skates*

Already we've had more snow than we usually get in an entire winter! The ice just makes everything more sucktastic, so that I want to hibernate until spring.
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[identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
I bet! Hibernation does seem tempting in this weather...
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2009-01-06 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Please mail snow to:

Librarian
Lives by the Sea
North East England
Planet Earth

I'd like just a little bit to play with, but you can keep the ice. We had some of that the last couple days.

Seriously, hope your weather improves soon!

[identity profile] ghost2.livejournal.com 2009-01-06 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Ha! I found a taker! ;) Now I only have to find someone who loves sheets and sheets of ice.
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2009-01-07 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I hear the North Pole is running short...