Ice Storm Mania
This is was our cherry tree.
Dear God, this ice storm keeps screwing with us, even though we have our power back. Today’s scary news is that The Coach didn’t receive his paycheck. You see, Rural County South of Us is completely without power. It could be another week (or even two) before the power comes back on. No power = no local bank = no automatic deposit. That is so not good. The only consolation is that I received my travel check today and my award money on Friday. (Oh, and that we put the bulk of the generator on The Coach’s Visa card because our debit card has a cap of $300/transaction.) Now, the majority of that money was designated for extra payments on bills and for my savings account. Alas, it is not to be. I’ll have to spend my cash to cover us, because I sure don’t want to go to the other bank and draw more out of my savings account. Damn!
In other news, if The Coach doesn’t get back to school before the end of this upcoming week, we will have to cancel our Alaska trip. His school doesn’t build in snow days, so they make them up at the end of the year. If this happens, we would have a two day window — and there’s no way that we’re going the rest of the year without more ice and snow. Double Damn!
I have a few more days before my bills are due and I really, really want to go to Alaska, so I’m going to keep my fingers crossed for a speedy return of power in RCSoU.
Finally, see that cherry tree at the top of the page? Yeah, it took a huge hit in this storm. The Coach had to hack huge chunks out of it so we could get off the porch. Today, as the ice melted and it started to resume its normal position, I noticed that at least four big branches have huge cracks in them. The next time we have a good strong wind, those things are going to come tumbling down. Plus, the tree kept pelting me with ice even though I kept saying telling it that “I am the Lorax! I speak for the trees!”
And our apple tree? It’s completely shot. Just look:
Victim of the Ice Storm
The Coach will have to chop down our apple tree when it thaws out.
Anyhow, this lack of money is going to suck because I have travels planned: South Carolina, Tennessee, and Michigan, all before the end of February. Blah. But, I’ll stop bitching now because: (1) we know that The Coach will eventually get paid; (2) it’s not the school’s fault that Mother Earth is fucking with us; and (3) really, I remember working at the nonprofit where we didn’t get paid because our bosses wouldn’t sign our paychecks before they went on vacation.
Perspective, baby. Perspective.
*Ack* That is bad!
I’m sorry for my last comment on your generator post. After looking at these photos, I remember a time when we had a bad ice storm like that once in Conservative Hell, specifically the not so fond memories of chipping/mining the car out of a literal 3/4 inches of it and praying the people that didn’t know what ice really was would not slide into my car as I was driving to the office.
I hope the power is restored in RCSoY and your lives return to normal soon.
@CQ: Yeah, we had about an inch of ice underneath 6 inches of snow. Since my midwestern state thinks it’s a southern state, it’s never prepared …
Oh, and don’t think of the trees as a loss, think of it as a sunnier opportunity to plant longer blooming things due to greater sunlight.