More Snow

Yesterday positively smelled of the beginning of springtime.

Today winter has reasserted itself. It has been snowing all day.

Yuck.

Snow or no snow, Ariana and I had to run up to BJ's Wholesale Club to pick up a couple of cases of Arizona Iced Tea, cat food, and coffee. That was pretty much going to be it.

But while driving to BJ's, Ariana commented that her cell phone turned itself off twice in the car on our way to North Dartmouth.

So before going to BJ's, we decided to stop at the Verizon store at the mall in order to have her phone looked at and serviced. We figured to stop there first because I knew that there would be a waiting time before Ariana's phone would be ready.

At Verizon, the service tech determined that Ariana's phone was going to need a software update. And because I decided to have my phone updated too, the wait was going to be about 2 hours, especially since Ariana's phone had a memory chip, which meant that she had A LOT of stuff on her phone.

I have this one thing to say: going to BJ's and needing to kill time is a deadly combination for the wallet. The grocery list expanded to include 3 books and a Bonsai plant.

And we still had an hour to kill.

So then we went and had lunch at Old Country Buffet, where I proceeded to stuff my gut so that I would not have to eat for the rest of the day. (So far that's working.)

When we were done eating, it was time to check on the phones.

Both phones were done. Not only that, they were polished up nice and spiffy.

In the meantime, the temperature dropped a few degrees and the snow still continued coming down.

Even though we still had 2 more stores to go to, both of us were already feeling a bit sleepy from too much food. We would just go to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription. There was still plenty enough dog food to put off for another day.

As soon as we got home, Ariana went upstairs to take a nap. I dumped the cat food into the storage bin before the dogs could get an opportunity to rip open the bags and then went upstairs to take a nap myself.

The combination of a very full stomach and a very dreary day inspired that urge to nap. I was even too pooped to work on the crocheted afghan, which would have been a prefect project for a cold and snowy day.

Already the roads turned treacherous, so we're camped out at home for the rest of the night.

The snow is supposed to continue tomorrow.

This has been a winter of no mercy.