2-18-21
Dropped the kids off at school, made a big breakfast (too big probably), read my book (another le Carré banger) for a bit, then picked the kids up from school. It's snowing again today, for what seems like the 15th day in a row, but fortunately it's a dry flakey snow that I swear smells very clean. Probably not true but it is beautiful anyway. The snow is piling up in a way I can't remember. Maybe that 2013 blizzard? I've done a lot of shoveling, which I've learned I reeally do enjoy if I'm not working . I just put on some headphones, usually an audiobook, and get swept up in the labor. Almost two weeks off of work this time around and I've had a wonderful time to this point. I was stressed out, certainly, at this last gig, even if I did love the work. Big pipe, 3" IMC, up on lifts. A lot of math, a lot trig as it turns out, pre-planning and three dimensional thinking-- I loved it. I really felt like I needed a mental break, though, as disappointed as I...