Winter wins today
The forecast for today was not a concern. With an expected temperature of 33 degrees, we simply looked for a messy day of wet snow. When the snow did arrive at 4am, it was 28 degrees and it rose in the late morning to 31, and now is back down to 24. Yes, there is significant snow accumulation and roads are for the most part without cars.
Our driveway has at least a foot of snow and our plow guy has not yet arrived. He usually waits until the snow has stopped, and my hope that the snow seen now was just blowing around from rooftops and trees may not be correct. It may still be snowing. It is very fine snow.
One of the key attributes of the morning was missed. Reading newspapers online can be done, but it is not the same as holding and flipping through the newsprint. That is relaxing. Sitting up straight in a desk chair and moving through the Times and Journal with clicks is different. Habits!
We have everything that we need as we did have the foresight to stock up, fortunately not relying on my forecasting skills. There are books to read, Facebook to waste time on, and financial websites to check on and manage investments. I am at least marginally aware that days like this can lead to more trading than necessary, bringing the gambling response to the frontal lobe. That can be exciting on a dreary day, but can lead to reversing trades a few days later. That has been restrained today. The only big move was a sell of Verizon, which despite its rich dividend does not seem like a well managed company that should be stayed with.
At the moment it looks like tomorrow will be a continuation of today, even as the snow subsides, since it will stay well below freezing. By Saturday our local family market just down the hill will surely deliver. By Sunday it will warm up into the low 40's. That's winter. We're fine, but surely trapped. We do have the comfort of knowing that the post Sandy acquired generator is ready at any time.
Snowplows now passing by clearing our street and piling up snow in front of the driveway entrances. We need our plow driver soon so K's caretakers can have a shift change.
Our driveway has at least a foot of snow and our plow guy has not yet arrived. He usually waits until the snow has stopped, and my hope that the snow seen now was just blowing around from rooftops and trees may not be correct. It may still be snowing. It is very fine snow.
One of the key attributes of the morning was missed. Reading newspapers online can be done, but it is not the same as holding and flipping through the newsprint. That is relaxing. Sitting up straight in a desk chair and moving through the Times and Journal with clicks is different. Habits!
We have everything that we need as we did have the foresight to stock up, fortunately not relying on my forecasting skills. There are books to read, Facebook to waste time on, and financial websites to check on and manage investments. I am at least marginally aware that days like this can lead to more trading than necessary, bringing the gambling response to the frontal lobe. That can be exciting on a dreary day, but can lead to reversing trades a few days later. That has been restrained today. The only big move was a sell of Verizon, which despite its rich dividend does not seem like a well managed company that should be stayed with.
At the moment it looks like tomorrow will be a continuation of today, even as the snow subsides, since it will stay well below freezing. By Saturday our local family market just down the hill will surely deliver. By Sunday it will warm up into the low 40's. That's winter. We're fine, but surely trapped. We do have the comfort of knowing that the post Sandy acquired generator is ready at any time.
Snowplows now passing by clearing our street and piling up snow in front of the driveway entrances. We need our plow driver soon so K's caretakers can have a shift change.
posted by John Borden at 4:35 PM
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