Pickles & Dimes

We’ve stocked up non-perishable food and bottled water. Outdoor activities have been canceled. The doors are locked and the windows have been boarded up. We’ve prepared our Netflix stash accordingly. We’ve been watching the “continuous coverage” on EVERY news station.

What has “the storm of the century” produced thus far?

Nothing. At all. There is barely a dusting on the ground.

I woke up early to shovel and snow-blow the driveway, and it turns out I could have used a broom to do the job. I turned on the TV and meteorologists on every station told me the Twin Cities are still getting the “up to 18 inches” predicted, and there were “a half dozen” accidents overnight.

Really? Did anybody take into consideration the fact that there are probably that many on Twin Cities roads on any given Friday night after the bars close?

I have to go. I think I saw a snowflake fall.