ice see what you mean...or a direct assalt on my senses.

geez, what a mess. it was yesterday. i woke up late. i had to simultaneously shovel the whole house again and get ready, and get elsie ready. there was no way i was going in to work. it was a logistic nightmare. i have been getting over a cold that gripped me hard during christmas and into the new year. it came back with a vengeance on the eve of our trip to nyc. i still cough stuff up and am a bit congested but ready for action.

going back to thursday; i decided to stay at home. i knew i would be rushing around like a mad man and would not be able to give 100% at work. i ended up tending to elsie all day and then decided around 4pm to start outside. my dad gave us a really good baby monitor-made by sony- that has really good range. elsie fell asleep and i put her in her swing chair, swigged a cup of water and ran out the door. the snow sucked. it was wet and sloshy. also, there wasn't a lot of it. i managed to get our tenants driveway done, the walkways in front and back and most of our driveway shoveled and salted and bot was i sweating. i kept wiping my brow and face with the back of my wet, sandy glove. i had to cock my winter hat back to get my brow but the sweat kept coming. soon enough, elsie was rousing from her slumber. i went upstairs and took my gear off, fed her and waited for terri to come home so i could finish the job.

then the pain started. i thought i'd become dehydrated, so i consumed two glasses of water. i felt the stinging in my eyes start from the corners in. my head hurt, and my face was numbish. i can't describe it totally but it felt like an allergic reaction to what i think was the salt the dpw puts in the sand. soon enough terri came home and told me i looked terrible. i went to the bathroom and looked into the mirror and saw a worse version of what is pictured above. the above picture was from 630am today.

i think i gave my eyes a salt/sand bath and they did NOT like it. i have washed my eyes out many times, have used a cold wash cloth on them, and have used eye drops to flush them out. i

am just trying to wait it out now. thankfully the swelling has gone down.

that's the saga of me trying to sand my driveway.

now that i look at the picture above again, i think it's worse that it seems because of the time the picture was taken.

oh yeah, and i stayed home today too. when i return to work on tuesday, i will have had 10 days off.

i win?

trip to nyc. january 2012.

hello, all.

i had the luck of going to nyc over the weekend with my two special ladies.

i decided to take some pictures using my iphone. i didn't want to come across as a tourist, so i thought i'd take pictures of things that i felt were more my style.

the city can be quite an adventure. having a daughter to tug around was something i dreaded at first. she only made the trip that much more enjoyable, as she is really coming around and handled our daily walks in perfect form.

by the way, everyone who i ran into or talked to was nice as hell. a lady even helped me get elsie's stroller on to the doorway just this afternoon.

the guy a daisy mae's bbq called me schmuck, so i called him schmoe. we both had a laugh.

i was a bit upset at one thing: i purchased a venti latte at the starbucks with elsie and my shoe became untied on our walk. i tipped the thing over...all $6 of it on the side walk. i had to fetch another from a different starbucks to save face. people were really nice in the city. everyone. no fooling.

without further ado:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23632423@N02/sets/72157628818127741/

i can't wait until i can do it again in the spring.