Snow and Cats and Snacks

– I was going to go to the gym today, but then I spent about 45 minutes shoveling, instead. We didn’t get as much snow as the east coast, this time around, but we haven’t had much melting action since it started snowing in December. Heaving a snow-filled shovel allll the way to the top of the bank is getting less and less fun. But it’s not so bad, really.
– Beany wanted to go out after I finished shoveling (and was heading back out to take photos). She can’t hold in her tiny cat brain that it’s cold right now, so she goes out and then wants to get right back inside. I think it’s a bit scarier for her now that the snow is so much deeper than she is tall; she was much more curious when she could still see above it.
– Just a minute ago, I was wanting something small to eat, so I looked in the cupboard and realized I hadn’t opened the Snack Toast I’d bought in Sandstone. I get this stuff from time to time, though not for a while, and it was on sale for cheap — and they had the blueberry flavor, which I’d never seen before. Crunchy!
– I went to bed at 1:00am last night, and I woke briefly at 5:00 to the sound of my neighbor shoveling. I used to wake up at 5:30 when I worked in London, but the thought of somebody being awake and outside at 5:00am seems unfathomable when you fell asleep just four hours earlier. Luckily, I drifted off again pretty quickly (although not before having to get up and take away TWO different toys from Beany, who had apparently also decided it was morning).
– I made a very good wrap today that included pickled beets that my uncle made. Sometimes I like to think back to child-me and imagine the shock and disgust she would have over the things I enjoy eating now. It’s particularly good if I’ve put together an entire meal of previously undesirables. Like Sunday’s lunch: tofu + kale and whole wheat toast with hummus. Well, I probably would have eaten the toast. Dry.