By the numbers

• Inches of snow on the ground before 9:30 this morning: 3ish
• Time it takes to get Liza and I into snowsuits to go outside to shovel the walk so the contractors can make it to our door: 10 minutes
• Time it takes to shovel the walk so the contractors can make it to our door: 5 minutes
• Time it took the walk to snow back in after being shoveled: 10 minutes
• Times the snowplow had done our street when we left for Liza's gym class this morning: 0
• Times I had to scrape all the windows on the van this morning before I left for the gym: 2
• Times on the way to the gym when I had to point the car in the right general direction and pray that's where the skid would take me: 4
• Approximate number of miles of plowed roads between our house and the gym: 0.01 (the driveway and parking lot at the gym)
• Times I had to scrape all the windows on the van after the gym class and after visiting Wal-Mart: 2
• Times my antilock brakes kicked in on the way from Wal-Mart to our house: 3
• Times the snowplow had done our street when we returned from Liza's gym class this morning: 0
• Inches of snow on the ground right now: 6ish
• Lazy Mama work time I'm going to waste using the snowblower, despite the forecast for more snow this afternoon: 45 minutes
• Current temperature in the city where Jason is: 60F