Wake up 6:30 (to allow time to lay in the warm bed for a while)
Get water from creek for dishes
Go to outhouse and sit on the frozen seat and poop
Scrape thermometer (not essential, just for shits and giggles)
Heat water for dishes in camper
Thaw dishes that are frozen under the snow onto the outdoor table
Wash dishes quickly in the horizontally blowing snow before water gets cold and when water gets cold abandon mission (leaving some dishes frozen to the table)
Remember to believe in unicorns (and pegasus)
Clean out White Nite's cage and find new dry bedding (straw) in barn for fresh
bedding and "freshen"
Gather all laundry and overnight stuff to take to Sally's
Evacuate: Load up with back pack, very very full laundry bag, food bag and overnight bag and hike up to the top of the icy driveway to parked car
Go to work and act normal
PS Coming home last night I parked up at the top because of the ice and I stopped in to say hi to the neighbors. This is what I walked in on...
3 comments:
Holy pigs feet, girl. You are one tough mama. Dang. I remember trying to act normal in my nonprofit job after bucket bathing in my kitchen for the umpteenth time since living with no hot water for a year or so in town, but that was nothing compared to your sitch. Keep on rockin in the free world, as they say. If you need to come curl up by the woodstove on a nice warm couch, you are always more than welcome!
neat, so how did you and mickey mahaffey meet?
Dana,
So glad to have found you again... I have read back to molasses makin and I get a new post in or two every time James takes a nap. it is relaxing to read your stories.
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