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“Total storm accumulations 12-24 inches.”. Dude. I am SO not in the mood for this. Sheesh.

Junior wanted to go on “ad adventure,” exploring as it were. Of course, he means he wants to go visit friends, I tried to come up with someplace we could go. I picked Parker’s Country Store (actually, a penny candy store…fill a bowl) and Tatnuck’s Booksellers. My parents had given him money to buy a book for Valentine’s Day. Well we got there and they were having a buy three get three free sale on a ton of kids’ books…so of course that meant we needed to get six books. But he couldn’t pick less than 8, so then we had to get 12. You see the logic, right?

And then he wanted Papa Ginos for dinner. I think I’ve had enough crap to eat today. I’m going to have a pear.

Thank goodness people stocked up on supplies for a terrorist attack. Apparently the terrorist chose the insidious “drop a foot or two of snow on ’em” kind of attack. They’re saying we’ll get 12-15 inches total here in Leominster. I’m guessing that means we’ll probably get more like 20. That’s how it’s worked ALL winter.

The snowblower is gassed up, and I have 5 gallons of water around here somewhere. And Ring Dings. And Cheetohs (which, by the by, Junior tasted for the first time and now his fingers are stained orange. I love when he discovers a new food to eat, even when it’s total crap like Cheetohs.) I’m certainly glad I’m feeling better now, given that I’ve got two days of shoveling ahead of me. I wonder how busy the grocery stores are today. Everyone getting their milk and bread. Is a lot of milk and bread consumed during storms, I mean, more than usual? Are people making bread pudding? (That would be REALLY tasty, wouldn’t it?)

I think I forgot to mention here – I got a call yesterday from my bank that I had won their weekly contest. The prize was a $20 gift card to Shaws (where the bank is located). How cool is that??! I mean, I was suspect when she asked if I wanted to sign up for the drawing, you figure it’s like those forms where you sign up to win replacement windows and basically all you’re doing is signing yourself up for mailing list and telemarketer hell. (You all knew that, right? Don’t sign up for drawings at the home show either.)

So I picked up the gift card this morning and immediately used it. I did buy some stuff I would have bought anyway, pasta (on sale), Barqs (on sale), chicken nuggets (not on sale). But I did treat myself to a couple of things I wouldn’t have bought normally. Is that bad? I got some Ragu Alfredo sauce, Mint Skittles and a bag of Cheetohs. I don’t think I’ll be eating them all at once, before you jump to conclusions.

I remember back when I was in college, must have been my sophomore year, that there was a February Saturday that hit almost 70 degrees. I remember this because we went to the drug store and bought a kite and I wrote one of my best poems ever about that day. It was outstanding, it just what everyone needed to make February disappear for just the day.

So it’s a Saturday now about 18 years later (I was going to say less but why lie) and the high today is 14 and the low is -7. There is no end of this weather in site. The best we might do is apparently on Feb 21st, when they predict a high of 40. Then it goes back down to a high of 27.

I would like a 50 degree day. Just one. I’m not even asking for 60, just 50. No windchill. No snow. I can’t believe how cold this winter has been. I really really need some warm out there. I heard birds this morning and it felt exactly like a spring morning with the sun and the tweeting. But I knew better.