Springtime in the sloppies

Yes, the ice and snow are starting to melt down here too, and it's really making a terrible mess of my road. Don't anybody take this the wrong way, but please don't come to my house for a visit. At least not until the road has seen some very major improvements. I ought to take pictures. The unbelievable Trooper may not have a problem, but I can promise that any Intrepid or Sentra that makes the attempt will get stuck to the bumper and need a good yanking by a four-wheel-drive tractor. Yesterday we had to pull the van out twice. It really made me appreciate the engineering of older vehicles which, unlike our van and the car, have places readily available for hooking chains and tow straps on. The fun part was driving the tractor at high speeds (20 mph) and being surrounded by the airborne mud glops being flung from the knobby wheels, hoping that the one that just smeared my hand was as close as they were going to get from my head.

So now we're all pretty much mudded in here, unless we can hitch a ride with the neighbor to one of our cars we've parked at the top of the road.

Someday -- a well graveled or paved driveway.

I've been pondering deeply as of late about how the next little piece of my life is going to play out. I've got to get back to school and finish my degree, but I've got to be able to afford that, as well as supporting my family and contributing to savings. I would _really_ like to come up with one good idea that se me financially straight, for a while at least, and not have to worry about it, but those things are tough to nab.

Well I'm falling asleep here. May you all have a good day.