Snow Day #6

Wow! The snow is something else again today, and it sounds like it's going to keep coming. This is snow day #6 for West Ottawa and Holland Christian here in the Holland area. I'm sure I'll hear soon, but I wouldn't be surprised if we have to now add time back into the remaining school year schedule. I wonder how many years it has been since local schools have had this many days off due to bad weather.

While this weather gives me a day off, it is a totally different scenario for Jon. Not only does he need to make the tough lakeshore commute to Grand Haven, but also the driveway has been giving Jon some stress lately. First, there's lots of snow. Second, there's lots of ice underneath due to all that rain. Third, we regularly have significant drifting in the driveway. He's having difficulty getting traction even though our tractor has chains and is weighted in the back. We've got two hills in the driveway, and it isn't a short driveway either. If you know Jon, you know he doesn't get frustrated easily, but this is testing his easy-going personality. I feel so bad for him that he has to start his day that way especially when I'm still in my pajamas looking at a day off. On these big snow days, he's out there snowblowing for almost an hour starting at 6:30 am. On the flip-side, our tractor is for sure paying for itself this year, and on a lot of days Jon really enjoys snowblowing. Thanks for all of your hard work Jon! I can't imagine what our plowing bill would've been this season.

If you live in West Michigan, you can probably feel his pain if you're doing your own driveway or if you're paying to have it plowed. Our grandparents in condo complexes are definitely the lucky ones.