Woke up at 9am to a foot of snow. Ate, did math practice in GRE book, took a long time to get ready to walk downtown but finally started out at 2pm. I had to fit my package in my backpack and some library stuff in a plastic bag to hand-carry. I tried hard to figure out how many layers to wear but ended up sweaty and chilled at post office in 50 minute wait. A family of five decided this would be the day to get their passport photos taken. Took one of the two clerks 15 minutes to take care of them. Finally, a third clerk came out to help people.
After the post office, I finished my walk by going to the airport gate and back. Then, I had no choice but dig out spouse's car and clear the driveway some. Spouse had earlier dug out mine enough to take it to Smith's. With one car gone, it was easier to work on the snow in the driveway. I cleared more of a path for the mailman and cleared snow from the side yard gate so I could pull the trash and recycle bins out for tomorrow night. I must have worked for an hour and then came in feeling pretty overwhelmed by everything. It wasn't until 9pm that I was done with supper and straightening up.
I wanted to snowshoe to daughter's tonight to drop off some things but snow removal operations used up my remaining energy.
I've gotten to the part of Polar Dream where the windstorm from Hades swept away all her food except for some walnuts and most of her fuel except enough to melt a pint of water a day for the remaining seven days until she gets picked up. I like how simply she has written of her adventure.