Iced Out!
That’s right – I was iced out. We had an ice storm come thru and it was a beaut!
It rained Sunday night and the temp was just right. The rain turned to ice and I stayed in the house. Monday was the same thing and I finally decided to try to get my car on the other side of the driveway which gets the morning and afternoon sun. The side of the driveway closest to me doesn’t and I’d have had ice on the car until spring. As it was, there was a full quarter-inch of ice on it. And the weirdest part was that there was NO ice the full length of the car on the passenger side. The top (hood, seats and trunk deck), the front and rear, and the entire length of the driver side was iced. NO ice on the passenger side at all. So I got in that door and climbed over the console (I’m glad nobody was watching – I definitely wasn’t graceful) and started the engine, the heater and the front and rear window defrosters. What an experience that was.
Maintenance people had come by to clear the sidewalks (big joke – we renters usually have to do a good job at that one) and the walk up to my patio and to the stairs to enter the building, so that part was easy. I got a container full of the ice melt stuff and dumped more on the sidewalk so I could at least get to the car. No snow or ice on the street at the passenger side either.
Took me an hour to get enough ice off of windows to be able to see to get across the driveway. And then I went to get gas and some important things like luggage locks and kitty litter.
I leave Thursday early afternoon, weather permitting, to go to FLorida for Christmas with daughter and her adult son. She tells me to bring clothing for warm and cold weather! Interesting, eh?
I am SO ready for this – I don’t like ice.
Take care all and have a very merry Christmas, a joyous Hanukkah season, Kwaanza and any holiday I may have missed.
Jo