Cold ‘n Icy

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Overnight, a little more snow fell, making this morning a freezer. Exactly as the current lousy February weather hit, an electrical component for the horses’ watering troughs failed, making the heaters quit. Since it’s too snowy and cold to work outside replacing an electrical bit, ice-chopping becomes, hopefully temporarily, another barn area routine.

The cold weather’s slick streets discouraged driving, so few customers entered the department store where I work part-time. My shift was quiet and boring, it felt way long. I’ll add that it will please my San Antonio reader, Ava, to know that her caution to “Stop buying!” stayed in my head, and I didn’t kill dull moments (as often happens) by shopping around for myself.

She works part-time at a Dollar Store, likely an optimal environment for us who shop where we work. That store carries most household needs, some food items on the cheap, and a few wearables on the sparse. A Dollar Store could be a wise alternative if I want to leave my current workplace to save more earnings.

Well, today is today–snowy and cold. Horses already are lined at the fence and watching for me coming with hay. Ahead, there’s hay to tow, ice to chop, and chickens to feed, and this afternoon, there are outside working hours–hopefully, not dull lags. But I see new snow falling again and curtailing potential department store busyness.

Dear Friends: The very beautiful outside mostly draws our area’s snow enthusiasts. Diana