And we're free!

Our driveway has been cleared! There was a tense moment when the plow guy briefly got stuck while plowing our drive, but his approach of "gun the engine so hard your tires smoke" did the trick.

When all the roads and driveways are cleared in a few hours there will be a line of pickup trucks (with plows on the front) parked outside the Polish-American club in town. I guess you work up a big thirst hauling all that snow...

Snowed in

Jay and I are sitting in the living room, each with a laptop and cup of coffee. It's like our own little internet cafe. We are waiting for our driveway to be plowed after yet another Nor'easter last night. We're still getting used to the weather here--nowhere near as cold as Minnesota (we're not complaining!) but we're amazed at how quickly snow gets dumped on us! The system for dealing with storms is pretty efficient. Cancellations start the night before, and plows are out quickly. With all the long, winding roads and driveways, though, it's still slow-going the day after a storm.

UMass has a delayed start, but Smith opened right on time, the only one of the Five Collleges to do so. Oh well--until the ice-encrusted snow in our driveway gets cleared we'll just stay put and enjoy our coffee!