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Winter has come
2021-Feb-19, Friday 13:15
There's been a lot of snow here--more in the last couple weeks than we usually get over the course of an entire winter. It's also been bitterly cold to the point where it's a good thing that we don't have to go outside and can't go anywhere. Both ![[instagram.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/profile_icons/instagram.png)
sashagee and I have been holed up in the office, doing work, and right outside the window is this massive pillar of ice:
I was pretty worried about this falling and hurting someone until I went to take the trash out and on the way down to wade through a meter of snow in the back alley. When I stepped out the back door I noticed that it's not an icicle, it's a giant pillar of ice extending almost all the way down the ground. That's might end up causing damage to the building, but at least it's strongly anchored enough that it won't fall on someone immediately! And it's supposed to warm up to above freezing next week, so hopefully a lot of the snow will melt. Good thing, too, sincesashagee's car is so buried that it's currently not even visible under all the snow. With me still recovering from surgery (though I'm almost back to normal!), it made it much easier to justify ordering grocery delivery.
At least Chicago is used to extreme weather and the city is prepared, unlike all the people in Texas. I've been getting pretty annoyed at the people on the left who are mocking Texas for its troubles--the electricity problems are due to deregulation, sure, but also because Texas has no reason to expect weather like this. It reminds me of the West Coasters I saw laughing at DC during the 2011 earthquake without realizing that California buildings are hardened against earthquake and DC buildings are not--a brick building doesn't take much shaking before it becomes a broken pile of bricks.
I didn't have any effects from the COVID vaccine other than a sore shoulder. My father, who also got the first dose of the vaccine not that long ago, said that he had a fever the first night and a sore shoulder, which makes me worry what awaits me.
Purim is coming up next week, which is a little weird. It'll have been almost a full year since Purim 5780, the last indoor Jewish event I went to. I remember the rabbi talking later about how risky it seems in hindsight, with a scythe hanging over us waiting to fall, but as far as I know, no one there was infected and we didn't end up spreading the plague. This year Purim is online, which isn't ideal but it's still nice to have a community. I already got a Purim box from Mishkan, mirroring the Chanukah box that I got a few months ago. We ate the hamantaschen today and they were delicious.
We don't have anything planned this weekend other than just relaxing, cleaning, and shopping. Maybe when the weather warms up next week, we can go for a nice walk--sashagee is feeling better but not back to 💯, so we're still mostly at home. Those warm temperatures might at least let us sit out on the balcony for a bit!
sashagee and I have been holed up in the office, doing work, and right outside the window is this massive pillar of ice:I was pretty worried about this falling and hurting someone until I went to take the trash out and on the way down to wade through a meter of snow in the back alley. When I stepped out the back door I noticed that it's not an icicle, it's a giant pillar of ice extending almost all the way down the ground. That's might end up causing damage to the building, but at least it's strongly anchored enough that it won't fall on someone immediately! And it's supposed to warm up to above freezing next week, so hopefully a lot of the snow will melt. Good thing, too, since
sashagee's car is so buried that it's currently not even visible under all the snow. With me still recovering from surgery (though I'm almost back to normal!), it made it much easier to justify ordering grocery delivery. At least Chicago is used to extreme weather and the city is prepared, unlike all the people in Texas. I've been getting pretty annoyed at the people on the left who are mocking Texas for its troubles--the electricity problems are due to deregulation, sure, but also because Texas has no reason to expect weather like this. It reminds me of the West Coasters I saw laughing at DC during the 2011 earthquake without realizing that California buildings are hardened against earthquake and DC buildings are not--a brick building doesn't take much shaking before it becomes a broken pile of bricks.
I didn't have any effects from the COVID vaccine other than a sore shoulder. My father, who also got the first dose of the vaccine not that long ago, said that he had a fever the first night and a sore shoulder, which makes me worry what awaits me.
Purim is coming up next week, which is a little weird. It'll have been almost a full year since Purim 5780, the last indoor Jewish event I went to. I remember the rabbi talking later about how risky it seems in hindsight, with a scythe hanging over us waiting to fall, but as far as I know, no one there was infected and we didn't end up spreading the plague. This year Purim is online, which isn't ideal but it's still nice to have a community. I already got a Purim box from Mishkan, mirroring the Chanukah box that I got a few months ago. We ate the hamantaschen today and they were delicious.
We don't have anything planned this weekend other than just relaxing, cleaning, and shopping. Maybe when the weather warms up next week, we can go for a nice walk--
sashagee is feeling better but not back to 💯, so we're still mostly at home. Those warm temperatures might at least let us sit out on the balcony for a bit!
