Let it Snow, Let it Snow - STOP THE SNOW !

I used to think that while I hate the cold (I really, really do), I'd be okay if we at least had some snow.  Snow seemed to be prettier, somehow more tolerable than bare, lifeless trees and brown, frozen grass.

 View from my back-door this morning

What I've realized in the past two months is that snow is a pain in the arse.  While very pretty when it falls, the remnants of slush and salt get your car all mucked up and prevent you from riding on real, live pavement for days.  Those lost days are so valuable this time of year when our four walls of (insert room here) are closing in.  A weekend wasted on snow right now gives us all the sad face.

 

Sad Face Identity Protected - never send me pics and think I won't use them !

This past weekend was a total surprise to me - I have been holed up at work most of the time and following the possible vs probable weather patterns is not on my priority list.  We (CAWES) had planned maybe a CT session at Conte's on Saturday and a decent ride on Sunday.  CTs were all booked up by more forward-thinking teams and when the snow started falling on Saturday morning, Badger was stuck in traffic (the kind where idiots are playing bumper cars with anything in their path, then looking bewildered at the fact that their little donut wheels can't navigate snow and ice ... or, better yet, those "hocky-moms" and dads who think they can jump medians and ditches to avoid aforementioned bumper car games in their SUV - albeit one without all wheel or four wheel drive .... I digress ... ) and after witnessing a couple minor accidents over 40mins where she traveled a whopping 6 miles, she called it and went home.

As an aside, please, please, please clean off your car !  I realize that it has no impact on you - hey, the snow disappeared while I was driving, less work for me.  Where do you genius's think the snow goes ??  It's bad enough when the roads are crap, then I have to dodge sheets of ice and snow as you get up to speed. And don't even get me started on how great it is on a bicycle when your two-day-old snow top-hat finally blows off.  Nothing but good fun all around. 

Anyway, despite the weather, I managed to get productive with a typical Slavedriver workout and some cleaning, all while convincing our Philly contingent that while it wasn't snowing there yet, I had 3 inches on the ground and no signs of stopping so a ride on Sunday in the out-of-doors wasn't going to happen.

Sunday was even more productive as I re-potted some plants and hung blinds in my living room (all without burning the house down, score!) and got in another good workout on the rollers - my old standby, Spinervals, made a reappearance as motivation.  Nothing like someone shouting at you in the middle of your interval to make sure you don't wimp out.

The weather gods are not with us, though, as another winter storm may or may not be in the works for this weekend.  Someone give me a heads up on that as the weekend draws near - I've got to get back to work.