How strange it feels to be prepping eight buckets for my nine equines who are all in the barn now - Katie-Mule & Mr T (her little donkey friend, the “bonus”) having inherited Moonie’s stall…
I laid Moonie to rest 8 days ago, just ahead of our winter storm which basically shut North Texas down for 5 days (it blew in Friday night). We had to close Monday because I couldn’t get out of my frozen driveway; we re-opened late on Tuesday. Schools have been closed all week (with the refreeze last night, most schools extended their closure through today). Texas has just never established the infrastructure for dealing w/snow & ice - we’re lucky we didn’t have the power outages that plagued us during Snowmageddon in 2021! Zach & Josef lost power in Mesquite; they were burning scrap lumber in their inadequate fireplace - Zach says the only way they survived was staying bundled up on the sectional couch with their two big dogs & the three cats.
The popular hashtag for this year‘s winter storm is “Dallaska” - lots of videos of impromptu figure skating & hockey games!
Despite all this, Zach’s stern Swiss bosses dictated that he drive to Midland (about 330 miles away) Monday afternoon - once he made it out to the main highway, he didn’t have any problems. He came home last night, only complaining of the fact that Midland is not a desirable place to be! Desolate W Texas oil town w/limited amenities - “Never stay there, Mom! Cruddy roach motels!”
He’s going to have to work most of the week-after-next in OKC, but he’s told his boss he’s got to get away on Friday because we have that date at the little wedding chapel in Vegas! I’ve got to write out a new set of feeding instructions for the pet sitter…
I love "Dallaska". Ice, the water-kind is awful. We we lucky, I guess, that a crunchy sleet pelted the snow and made it a bit walkable. Then again, it's usual for us to have white stuff on the ground.
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