"We Don't Get Much Snow . . . "

We remember well hearing these words this summer.  I know "much" is a relative term, but there should still exist a universal understanding that it means quite a bit.  I'm not sure what exactly qualifies for "quite a bit" but I would imagine close to 3 feet in a week should.  We already had a very good layer of snow on the ground before this last week so it just keeps packing in thicker and we now have snowdrifts taller than the chain link fences they are up against.  I noticed yesterday as I was trekking through that the snow was starting to get a blue tinge in the footprints I guess from getting packed so tightly.  It's a bit of a pain to wade through, but it is really pretty to look at.

Pretty or not, it's making life incredibly complicated.  I tried to order groceries this week so I faxed my order on Wednesday and called to make sure they received my fax on Thursday as usual.  They did receive my fax but quickly told me "We're not making your order." because the planes weren't flying.  The lady who was scheduled to work on Friday might put it together for me.  No planes flew Friday either and the weather forecast looked like Saturday would be the only real window of opportunity for the next week.  At this poing, getting groceries was becoming a bit critical.  The grocery store gets all of its groceries via plane as well and, given the few flights we've had the last two weeks, they're pretty much out of everything too so there is no back up.  I called the airport and they suggested I keep my order small as they already had a lot of people and freight scheduled for Saturday so I canceled my order and made a smaller one.  They were very nice to make my order up and held it until Saturday so as not to add to the airport's storage which was quickly reaching maximum capacity.  Fortunately, my groceries did make it in late yesterday afternoon as no planes have flown today and it's not looking promising for the next several days.  Hopefully we'll be able to make a full order in a week or two.  I guess we'll have to wait and see.