Yeah, yeah, I know. I haven't blogged lately. Lots of stuff has been going on, but none of it has been anything I wanted to write about. Lately, less drama = good.
We had our first snowstorm of 2010 today, and I wrestled with the snowblower tonight to clear the driveway. I really have a love/hate relationship with that thing. I love not having to shovel, and I get a little thrill from being able to run a powerful machine.
But I hate the stinky gas engine smell that clings to my clothes afterwards. And I'm just a little bit afraid of the engine--sparks, flammable gas, and all that. When I was a banker, one of our vice-presidents was in a horrible accident when he tried to light a gas range (different kind of gas, I know, but still...flammable), and one of my customers lost her house to a fire when her lawn mower blew up on starting. I always think of them as I stand as far away as possible and reach over to press the starter.
Really, I suppose it's a baseless fear, because I'm not afraid of my car, which is the same kind of gas engine, basically. Maybe it's because the car engine is neatly tucked away under the hood, and I'm not so close to it.
Call me a worrywart, but as the saying goes, feel the fear and do it anyway. Because that driveway isn't going to shovel itself.
But in the Things to Look Forward to Department, just 27 more days until the Season 6 premiere of Lost! (That is, if the State of the Union doesn't preempt it.)
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