As I was coming home today, the snow was coming down and the wind was blasting the car. I pulled up in front of my house, and noticed a blue envelope peeking out of the snow. That was a card I had put in the mailbox this morning, and now it was in the snow on the street. I put the car in park, pushed the door open against the fierce wind, and climbed out onto the slick street. I picked up the card, and opened up the mailbox to get my mail. And lost my mail. Two enveloped escaped my grasp and I had to scramble for them, before they blew off to the next county. Once I had everything in my arms, I went back to the car, and slipped and fell in the snowbank.
Seriously, folks, I’m like a one woman ice follies here. Hoping my neighbors weren’t watching the whole hilarious catastrophe, I got up, brushed myself off and climbed, wounded back into the car. With my mail.
Perhaps I should have waited, because now the sun is out, and even though it’s still bitter cold out there, the snow has stopped.
Just another reason why winter is NOT my favorite season.
Yikes! I totally sympathize with the bitter wind today. We had recycling pick-up, and there was no level ground on the curb for the recycling can due to the snowplow, and the can was overflowing and had the lid half up. The wind took the lid and blew the thing right over, spilling everything out and blowing them all over my yard, the street, the sidewalk, and the neighborhood. TWICE! Yes, I cleaned it all up and it happened again, worse the second time. I’m not sure what happened to the rest of the junk, but by the time the truck came to empty it, the can was near the middle of the street with its lid closed completely.
While I am a Winter girl, this season is even wearing me down. So sorry to hear about your fall, lost mail etc. Glad to hear about you winning something.