OK, so on top of the 30 inches of snow that was already on the ground we got another 18! And all the shoveling and salting and sledding that had been done was done all over again! (i am currently looking on amazon for a new back to replace the one that i broke while shoveling all that snow! jk) One day after a morning of shoveling, Dessa and I were sent out to assess a shoveling situation. They wanted us to shovel out a path to the x-barn, in that path was a mountain of snow that the plow had pushed up while it was clearing the parking lot and all the snow that had fallen off the roof of the x-barn! The snow was 6 -8 feet deep and packed, we had a hard enough time scrambling up it to see if we could get to the bard doors! The problem was that with every step you never knew if you would stay on top of the snow mountain or fall in to your waist and have to climb out! It was kindda pathetic and after helping each other out of several holes Dessa and I were laughing pretty hard. Our assessment...."You can't move the snow if you can't move through the snow." They got the tractor to dig out the path!
As Dessa so humorously pointed out on her facebook page..."How is a girl that is just over 5 feet tall supposed to walk through snow that is 4 feet deep?" Needless to say it was hard! (i am currently looking on amazon for new legs to replace the ones that i wore out trudging through all that snow! jk) Over all it was a pretty good week!
The RVR staff and their families got together one night in the snack shop for a pot luck! It was great to fellowship with every one outside of work. Especially since the snow had kept most of the families inside!
Winter Meltdown was awesome this weekend! We couldn't run most of the activities because of the snow. So we had a winter carnival instead. All the shoveling and snow packing was worth it after seeing the kids play in it! On the hill between the pool and the zip line we had our tubing tracks, on the frozen pool was broom ball, in the field across from the pool was a snowman making contest and in the clean snow just outside of the horse pasture we had a "make your own snow cone station"! It was a blast!
Sunday was Valentines Day. In the evening the interns and Steven (Beth's boyfriend) got all dressed up and went to Outback for dinner! When we got there we found there was a three hour wait, so we went to IHOP instead! haha It was a great evening! Many laughs and lots of stories were shared! After dinner we joined some other RVR staff for ice cream and some Olympic sport watching! It was a great night!
In other news:
Over the last few week or so our house has gone through some much needed changes! Our door frame was replaced! We now have a door that latches, a door knob that must turn to open the door and a frame that seals out the cold! Also, the brave maintenance boys made many trips into our basement with 5 gallon buckets and removed all the water, muck, mold, and the pet octopus! As I am typing this men are in my kitchen formulating a plan of action for fixing the hole that is in the floor by the sink! Soon there will be no more hole and no more plywood covering up the hole!
Also, they are calling for 7 more inches of snow today....... This is getting ridiculous!
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