Brief Cold SNAP

 Nothing like what we experienced a week ago. I got to the gym and I actually made gains, rather than losing ground. Probably because I worked out a lot with my free weights while I was stuck indoors.

I Had A Lot To Do

 There was a lot of catching up for me to do but I accomplished it all yesterday. I can start getting back to normal in terms of my daily routines and I'm no longer housebound, hemmed in by snow and ice and extreme cold. How I hate winter. 

While I was stuck in the house I exercised more than I normally would, and that was a good thing, at least. I did a lot of jogging indoors, for instance. There are two exercises I just can't do at home: hip adduction and hip abduction, with high resistance, up to 160 lbs.  And there's just no substitute for the gym machine I use for those exercises. 

The Snow Melts Slowly

 More sun today and warmer temps will help the process. I got the car out of the garage yesterday to get some things I ran low on during the siege and put a few miles on it to charge the battery-- cautious miles. I'll try more today, and yet more tomorrow. Winter sucks. 

I will be happy to return to my normal routines. Everything has been disrupted since last week, Friday. 

More Sun Still warming

 The sooner all the snow melts the better. What a lousy weekend. I need things getting back to normal. How I hate winter. The winters seem to be getting worse. The only bright spot is that we needed the precipitation. I wish it had been in the form of rain. Simple rain. 

Sunshine!

 We are finally starting to warm and recover. What a lousy weekend that was. Too much snow. No ice storm and not much sleet but quite a lot of snow. It will take some time for that to melt. Maybe tomorrow we will be above freezing. 

My preparations were adequate.

Very Cold

 So far, no ice, a little sleet, and a little snow. So far, for us, this has not been a big snow or ice event. The live radars I have access to show snow north of us, a narrow band, and clearing to the west. But just as I write this, we are picking up a little sleet. I need to check the radars again. Nice, to have access to such things. 

We still have Sunday and Monday morning to get through. I'd sure like to be in Hawaii right now!

Still Unclear

 Close to noon here and still above freezing with light wind and very light drizzle. The wind direction keeps changing. Undoubtedly it will be very cold, but predictions for snow, ice, freezing rain vary according to who you listen to. Now it seems as though the worst precipitation will begin a bit south of us. I'd like to think that many of these forecasts are overblown. But this is precisely the sort of weather event I'd hoped to avoid this winter. The winters just seem to get worse and worse. 

Saturday and Sunday will be uncomfortable and Monday morning will be very cold. After that, cold but not so extreme. No real relief until early next month. 

How Cold? How Much Snow? If Any??

 Those are the looming questions for this weekend, as a system composed of multiple fronts heads our way. I will be prepared, that's for sure. I've already taken steps and will finish my preparations Thursday. Then, on Friday, what we might be facing should be somewhat clearer. Fairly mild weather until then. We might have a few uncomfortable days. 

My location is as far north as I want to be. 

Somewhat Cold Week Ahead

 Cold and windy today, moderation after that, and then another cold snap by the weekend. No single digits, at least. Only very slight chances of light snow flurries for the coming weekend, and if the wind is not too great, and we have mostly clear skies it might not be so bad. It has certainly been much worse. It seemed for a while that War Rogers and his concubine, Catastrophe Jane, might visit us. But instead we got confusion, dithering, lies, propaganda, bullshit, misinformation and disinformation. Par for the dismal course. If anybody really knows anything, they are not sharing. 

NOT As Cold As Forecast

 At least, not so far. Time is running out for any significant wintery "blast". That's OK with me, but it continues to be very dry. Playa lakes are very low and some might actually go completely dry. Lubbock, sadly, is heavily dependent now on water from wells, and that resource is not renewable. At one time we heard about plans to use treated sewage and runoff from the storm drain system as a a source of drinking water but I've heard no more about that. I suspect that such sources would require very high investments of energy to produce potable water and that might not be feasible. At my age I really don't have to be concerned about such things, unless I live to be 120 or so. 

The Norther Arrived!

 Strong winds just before sunrise, but they are slacking off now and there is plenty of sunshine and it will be above freezing for our high temps each of these somewhat wintery days, extending through the weekend. No precipitation of any kind with this "event". We stay very dry, like some martinis. Oh, do we ever need rain! 

If we wait long enough, it will rain. Might have to wait a long time. 

Cold Weekend

 But how cold it will be is still uncertain. Depends on which way the wind blows. They say you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows, but we don't have weathermen anymore, and that's a good thing, actually. We have weather forecasters. And that makes more sense. 

Another Weak Norther

 Makes me wonder what February will be like. More of the same would be fine with me, except that the need for rain is becoming critical.