We’re coming to the end of another holiday season. This one was strangely both eventful and uneventful. I guess I should rewind to the week before Christmas. Michelle came home from college for winter break, but even though we were no longer symptomatic, Jeannie was still testing positive for Covid, so we all kinda did your best to avoid each other for a few days just in case. Luckily Michelle never got sick.
We had planned a trip up to Buffalo to visit Lizzy and my parents. Since she had to work both Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, Lizzy wasn’t coming home, so we figured we’d go up for Xmas day this year. Our original plan was to drive up on the 23rd and catch the Sabres playing that night. But then there came talk of a coming blizzard. When they cancelled the hockey game, we figured it was gonna be trouble.
So we stayed home while the storm slammed into town on the 23rd and continued thru Xmas Eve and subsided sometime Xmas day. It turned out to be a once-in-fifty-years level storm. We kept in close contact with Lizzy and my folks, and they were all alright. My folks just hunkered down and waited it out, and fortunately did not loose power. Lizzy was at work early Friday morning, but closed her store around nine and left for her roommate’s parents’ house in Arcade, away from the lake effect snow belt. Made it out just in time.
By mid-morning there was a travel ban in the City of Buffalo and all of Erie county. All our loved ones were safe, so we decided to stay local for Xmas since. It was actually really nice to have a couple days of down time with no immediate responsibilities. I worked out and made more progress on my song, and we all played games and watched movies.
We were going to go over to Mary’s Xmas day, but then Lou got Covid, so that was out. On Xmas Eve Jeannie went out and got a nice rib roast to cook, and her parents came over, so Xmas was low key but fun. And everyone got Legos.
We headed up to Buffalo on Monday, boxing day. The travel ban was still in effect for the city, but in the suburbs where my parents are it was okay to drive. Once we got past East Aurora the amount of snow on the ground increased considerably. My folks had a good three feet. Luckily my dad has a giant snow thrower, and they have a friendly neighbor with a plow.
Lizzy couldn’t go home, so she went to my parents’ too. And Martin showed up with his family. We spent two days merrymaking, which was most excellent. On Tuesday Lizzy took a ride to her store just to make sure everything was okay, and snow was still falling. I tagged along because I wanted to give my old pair of skis and boots to my friend Larry, who lived nearby. Unfortunately, Larry came down with Covid as well, so I just left them on his front porch instead of going in to hang out. Ah well. On Wednesday it finally stopped snowing. We had thought about going skiing but everyone was too tired. We ran a bunch of errands in the morning then headed home.
I guess we really needed to catch up on our rest cuz the next day everyone slept in until noon. The last few days we’ve been on a fairly leisurely schedule. Been trying to go for a walk in the brief, thin daylight every day. More working out, music, games and movies. Our New Year’s Eve plans were a bust too since our friends had Covid.
Ah well back to work tomorrow.