Ice today
So today I spent a couple of hours outside trying to get rid of some of this ice, so I don't fall down. The shop has an awning that is 44' long by 8' wide. It was loaded with snow on top of the ice. I get the snow-scraper and all the extension handles out and go to town. I raked all the snow off and most of the ice. Had a big pile, so I got the tractor out and cleaned it up. Then took the heavy steel snow shovel and scraped the driveway and sidewalk going into the shop. See, I don't like to fall, so I did a good job. Got it real clean. I went in the house around 5. It started to rain, ever so slightly, the temp was right at freezing. At around 5:30, I went out the side door of the house garage. That rain turned into a sheet if ice. I fell down, hard. Hurt my bad knee, my kinda good knee, both wrists, my back, and smashed my head. I laid there for a few minuets, with the dogs thinking I was playing with them. I couldn't get up, so I pounded on the wall for Kathy to drag my ass back into the garage. She heard me, but she thought I was working on something, so she didn't come out. Got tired of laying on the ice, getting colder by the second, so I crawled back in. I hate winter.
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