It snowed last night and it was a bit of a surprise to me this morning. There were a couple of inches on the ground but school had not been cancelled. With the way school gets cancelled these days I was surprised. When I was a kid school hardly ever closed. there used to be this rumor in high school that if one of the more elderly nuns could walk to one of the buildings without incident then school would be open. It was a silly rumor but made us laugh as we went to school in 4 to 6 inches of snow or more.
Eva was home sick from school but Allison and Andrew went in. I took care of Eva and got her settled and then went out to tackle the driveways, sidewalks and back yard. I fired up the snowblower and then took one pass down the sidewalk. I noticed that one side of the snowblower looked like it was just pushing the snow and the exhaust pipe that fired off the snow was a bit weak. Well, I guess two of the shearing pins had done as they were aptly named and sheared off. I then went about trying to get the broken pins out, I was able to dislodge one of them and I replaced the pin but the other one was stuck in so tight that I was unable to get it out at all. Even my more mechanically inclined neighbor was unable to do anything.
Today I returned home from the Dad 2.0 Summit. I wasn’t sure what would await me in terms of the snow that would be all over my car. I had to park on the roof of the parking garage when I flew out and it snowed multiple times while I was gone. The snow was what made me arrive a couple of hours after I was scheduled to arrive home in the first place. I finally arrived home around 3:30pm. Not terrible but not great, the day was pretty much shot. Everyone at home had been enjoying, or was quite sick of, the snow that we had. Thanks to Allison and the kids and our neighbors and my dad came to shovel us out while I was gone. I now have to figure out what to do about the snowblower as it is not functioning.
I also returned home to a bunch of boxes. I received packages containing some LEGO Dimensions packs including the LEGO Batman Movie Story Pack and the Excalibur Batman Fun Pack. These are for reviews later on. I also received the Skylanders Imaginator that I created and had 3D printed. It came out so good, too. My friend Wayne sent me a ton of Modibot pieces and figures so that I could use them to try and make some stop motion videos. I also received the Loot Crate Marvel Gear + Goods crate and I’ll do an interesting unboxing later this week, too.
