Finally got a hair cut. Walked over 13 miles yesterday in minus 20 c with the wind chill. Today have been up since 0500 but having great difficulty in generating much enthusiasm for the work. Big contrast with yesterday when I was raring to go. Trying to understand the reason for this difference. Possible answers include:
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Buried and Jammed
It is now 1955 hours on January 10th. The past two and a half hours have been spent digging out the car. A plow comes to clear the parking lot but if you are unable to move your car, it becomes “plowed in.” Mine was definitely plowed in. More than that. It was buried and jammed. It also wore a thick hat of two feet of snow with an inch and a half of a stiff ice crust brim beneath the crown. The local temperature is now 6 degrees centigrade. In the middle of January! According to one forecast, a light rain started falling 15 minutes ago. No sign of it. Snow is forecast to start in 56 minutes. For that to be correct we must experience a massive temperature drop in the next hour.
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Gonzo
Yesterday I woke at 0200. Unable to return to sleep, I started drafting a TAQ submission. By 0630, I was feeling fatigued. I had a number of tasks to complete before a threatened heavy rainstorm / ice-storm came through. One task was the purchase of a replacement printer cartridge. The copy shop did not open until 0900, so I attempted to nap from 0700 to 0800. Closed my eyes, but was unable to sleep. I was worried about the storm, and what needed to be accomplished before foot travel became difficult, or impossible.
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