I'm the smartest person in the world!

I'm feeling pretty darn proud of myself right now. You know what I did? I conquered... the snow blower.

I'm sure for most people this would be an easy task but since I have allergies I've never really run a piece of equipment like a lawn mower, so I never made an attempt to use the snow blower. I've actually found it easier to just shovel (it's quieter and I can do it after dark, when the neighbours won't watch me the whole time), but when I got home yesterday there was no way I was getting into the driveway. I had to park on the street all night, which isn't a huge deal since this isn't a huge metropolis with steady traffic.

I was secretly hoping that some neighbour taking pity on the single woman in town would do it while I was at school, but I wasn't that lucky. I went home a little early and arranged it so one of my fellow staff members would come to help me start it (that's how little I know about these things!).

I figured it out though!! I'm SO proud of myself! I was so proud that I didn't care that the neighbours watched me the whole time. I was a tad embarrassed when I was doing the sidewalk right in front of my house and the thing backfired and stalled. I think it was burning oil and I couldn't get it to run long enough to drive it back into the garage. So I dragged it in and did some shoveling.

Actually, I did a terrible job. But I'd say it's not too terribly bad considering I've never done it before. Sean can fix it for me on Sunday if it's that bad!