December 17-31

Overnight into Thursday the snow came to an end and the storm system moved out, when I unlocked for the day the front walks had already been cleared. New neighbors moved in next door in May, one of the family is a young man who played JV basketball at McCaskey a few years back. His mother once asked me who shovels my walk when it snows, when I said it was me she said her sons would take care of it. She knows I'm almost 64 and although I'm in reasonably good shape for my age I'll gladly accept any assistance I can get. I had enough of a job getting my car cleared out of my space in the lot where I park, I took a drive out onto the highway to warm it up. The highways were in good shape, the worst part were the streets in the city itself. According to reports there was 7.5 inches of snowfall in the city, nearby Millersville hit the county's top total with ten inches. This far exceeds all of the 2019-20 season where our area had 4.5 inches total. Areas further north and west were hit much harder, Williamsport set a record for their area with 27 inches. Over the next few days temperatures hit the high 40s which helped melt down most of the leftover. As most know this is a time of year that does little for me, many years ago I lost the feeling and it's never come back. Since Jenny and I came together in 2001 I've tried for her sake because it means something to her. On the "big day" itself I was with her and her mother at their place for a second consecutive year, it beats sitting at home doing nothing. Helen prepared a very enjoyable meal, joining us for it were Jenny's older sister Carol, Carol's daughter Amber and her daughter Mariah. We all sat reasonably apart and everything worked out just fine. I can't predict what the future might hold (nobody can), all I can say is I hope 2021 is better than 2020. I can't imagine it being much worse. Take care, everyone. See you next year.

December 1-16

The final month of 2020 started on a Tuesday as uneventful as most days over the last several months have been. Jenny and I have our lunch visits twice a week but most every other day for me consists of lunch at the plaza, whatever errands I have to take care of and then I'm back home for the day. Where do you go when there's nowhere to go, what do you do when there's nothing to do, what do you write about when there is so little happening? The one noteworthy event was weather-related, on Wednesday the 16th we had our first major snowfall of the season. I was keenly aware of the impending forecast, I spent Monday and Tuesday getting things done in anticipation of bad travel on Wednesday. As it happened the snow didn't arrive until early afternoon, I was able to get out for lunch. Jenny was in town at a friend's house, her friend had doctor appointments scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday and Jenny was there to babysit her daughters. I took a sub to her for lunch, as I was on my way there the snow started and by the time I was home it was coming in earnest. I told Jenny it's just as well she was in town, had I gone to her place for lunch I may have had a hell of a time getting home. The snowfall was still coming into the evening hours and under the circumstances this was one night I didn't mind being home. Take care, thanks for reading.