3:00 snapshot #1886: Saturday
People keep asking how the chickens are. They're doing well--we moved the coop away from the pine trees in case the blizzard knocked branches down (it didn't). They are still giving us the occasional egg, and we are feeding them lots of extra grapes and cracked corn to keep them fat and happy.
Today I'm taking a personal day because my coworker got to work before 5 this morning and texted me saying she had it under control. We just have the mystery animals to take care of, and the zoo was going to send us home early any way. It's been snowing since before I woke up and is supposed to keep going all day, piling up to a foot or so. This winter--hell just this past 2 weeks--has been enough to make us shop for a new place to live again. We aren't serious about it, but we are very tired of snow.
The dogs have cabin fever. We let them out to run in the tunnels we dug in the snow, they eliminate, get cold and want to come back in. Then they whine and bark to be let back out. I think they want us to fix the situation. I wish we could.
Anyway, happy midwinter! Anyone who puts a groundhog above ground today should be prosecuted for animal cruelty. Only 46 days 'til spring.