Hitting Cold Miser's Fist With My Jaw

Unlike my diligent next door neighbor, I did not clear off the driveway first thing yesterday morning, right after the snow storm was over. Instead, I ignored it and got some extra sleep.

I paid for this slacking today, as I had to deal not with snow, but with a two inch thick layer of ice, which had also been driven over several times. I had to keep switching back and forth between the smaller metal shovel I used to whack the stuff loose, and the larger plastic one I used for heaving it aside. All told, It took a couple hours. My arms and hands are still trembling.

Kids in our neighborhood don't go around offering to shovel other people's driveways. Too bad for them - after the first half hour if someone had asked me for the job he could have named his own terms.