We had a doozy of a snowstorm on Friday.  It’s been a while since we had a “shutdown the city” snowstorm. The snow started Thursday night and we already had about four inches when we woke up.  My work being moronic made everyone show up.  Almost the entire city shut down during the day including the mall and all local restaurants.  We needed someplace to eat lunch so after some calls we found what seemed to be the only place open in Milwaukee, Maharaja on Farwell.  Our workgroup braved the roads and weather to go eat there.  My fearless co-worker Roman drove and we made it there and back without incident though I must said a couple prayers on the drive.  It was a nasty storm that kept up until about one and then started clearing up.  When all was said and done we got 8-10 inches.  After work I did my first sidewalk shoveling I’ve ever had to do to our house.  I prepared by getting a shovel at the Home Depot the night before so I was armed and ready.  After a minor heart attacked from the snow shoveling exertion we hunkered down for the night and considered ourselves snowed in and watched some movies.

I had to get up early Saturday to brave the cold and snow to take a certification test that my work offers.  It was a three hour multiple choice jobby.  I took the test without studying but since it was open book I think I did well enough to at least not embarrass myself.  After the test was over I was going to hit the couch for the day but while I was taking the test Jocelyn managed to get the LS stuck in the snow and buried in the driveway.  There was no way it was getting pushed out so we had to run to H-depot to get some pulling straps.  After completely shoveling out the driveway and hooking up the straps I was able to pull the car out.  Back to the garage with that car, it’s not at all made for winter.  The rest of the day was spent watching college football.  When night rolled around we headed to the Pub for a burger and beer.  We were home early, watched a movie and hit the hay.