11!

Unbelievable -- Owen is a tween.

Today was a bit of an anti-climax seeing as he had his  dude party Sunday, his parental party Monday, and dude party II last night (Mom is out of town). Still, we managed to pick up some munchkins for the class this morning on the way to school and some classmates wished him a happy birthday today. And Uncle Brendan sent him a nice gift. He vetoed dinner out with Dad for leftovers and more time on the computer. I'm not taking it personally.

Other news: We've had 3-4 rainstorms since the Snowicane Nemo/Charlotte and there's still 6 inches of icy snow crust covering our lawn and 2 foot mounds of icy black snow on every curb.

Also, once I finally bust out the home brewing kit Jason got me for my birthday 2 years ago, the first beer will be called "Malice Brew Ilk." Yes, it's time to pause and plug your name into the anagram maker. It's worth it.

Snowpocalypse XIII

Thirty four inches in New Haven. Yikes. I think that's more than we had all four years of college, though, granted, I was gone for 2 weeks of prime snow season every year.
It's supposed to rain all day tomorrow with a high of 46. What happens when day long rain meets 10-foot snow banks with refreezing after midnight? No one can answer that question with any credibility because it's  never happened before  anywhere on Earth in all recorded history. I did shovel the roof AGAIN -- that makes twice in 3+ years of living here. I'll keep you posted...
There was some sledding action but it's kind of exhausting trudging  up and down the hill with snow drifts up to your waist.  Leading to  a lot of this: