I have previously bemoaned the absence of Blogger Sick Days. How about the absence of Blogger Vacation? I am on vacation from my real job this week (also known as “shut down” in the factory world). Why do I have to keep worrying about this silly blog?
Of course the short answer is that I don’t. For heavens’ sake, this is not a paid writing gig. I don’t have a contract with anybody. I daresay not a lot of people would even notice if I did not post every day (I like to think that some would). The long answer is… perhaps not worthy of a blog post. In fact, I’m not even sure if I know the long answer. I only know another short answer: I decided in my head that I would post every day, and that is what I do.
It has been quite a dreadful weather day in the Mohawk Valley today. It snowed like the proverbial son of a bitch most of the day (a friend said on Facebook that it was “snowing like a bitch,” and I corrected her) (thus being both didactic and silly; who says I can’t multitask?). I went out in it for stops at the library and grocery store, necessitating three times of brushing off my vehicle. That’s a lot of snow. When I got home I shoveled the top layer of snow in my driveway. Throughout the afternoon, I checked out the window occasionally as the sonofabitchy snow rendered my labor useless.
I did not get a whole lot else done. I washed the dishes. I cooked a pretty good dinner. I encouraged local entrepreneurship by paying two young men to shovel my driveway after the snow had pretty much obliterated my earlier efforts. They did a marvelous job. Score!
And now I am going to think of a silly headline and call this a Non-Sequitur Thursday post. I hope you’re all having a lovely week after Christmas. Stay safe, if you are also getting hit with a lot of snow.
Mohawk Valley Girl 
Fellow NYer here. The snow was a huge disappointment, I’m suppose to be at my parents house celebrating a late Christmas and instead I’m hoping to leave tomorrow and camping out on my couch watching Netflix.
Bummer! My sister is supposed to be driving to Rome, NY from Pennsylvania today. We don’t know if she’ll make it. Camping on the couch with Netflix can be pretty fun, too.
[ Smiles ] In a way it is a form of multitasking.
If you are on vacation, you are supposed to be resting; unless you are blogging about your vacation.
I spend a lot of my blogging time talking about nothing much, so one could argue that I’m always on vacation. I have been getting some rest and relaxation in, never fear!
Now I am glad it doesn’t snow here … shoveling snow … haven’t done it in over 10 years!
I kept telling myself it was exercise, and the price I pay for living here and being a homeowner. Also I kept looking down the street at the bare trees against the grey sky. A bit of beauty surely lightens the load.