Notes From a Snowstorm

Here's what I learned today during the big "snowstorm" of 2013:

• Never trust www.weather.com.  Kim's been telling me that for years.  Now, I believe her.
• WBAL meteorologist Ava Marie is married!  Who knew?  Perhaps she's mentioned that before but, if so, I hadn't picked up on it.  I thought she was just a young, always-smiling, ready-for-anything, small city, single weather girl.  Now, I realize she's a young, always-smiling, ready-for-anything, small city, married weather girl.  Things will never be the same.
• If Wally poops outside in the morning and then it snows just enough to cover his poop, he'll still find it when he goes back outside in the late afternoon.  Trust me on that.
• God really does love me.  When I went to bed last night, the forecast was for 6-12 inches of snow starting in the early morning hours and lasting all through the day.  Sure enough, when I woke up at 3 AM this morning and looked outside, it was already snowing.  I lay there dejectedly, thinking about how I was going to be out there shoveling at some point this evening.  Worst of all, I was going to have to watch that snow come down all day.  But, nope.  The storm didn't amount to anything and my shovel is still where it's been all winter -- hanging on the garage wall.  That's just where I like it.