As I am writing this on Monday morning, I had already spent about 20 minutes arguing with myself about whether it was safe to take Khalee for a walk today.
You see, last week, things were looking up snow-wise.
The sidewalks were clear.
I could the grass at the edges of my driveway.
My patio had only a few chunks of icy snow on it.
I was looking forward to walking in my sneakers for change.
I knew it wasn’t actually spring but I was hoping things would move in that direction, or that winter would pause for a while.
Readers, it did not.
Between Thursday night and Saturday morning we had around 75cm of snow.
It was not fun.
And I had taken Khalee for a walk on Thursday but it was too stormy on Friday to go out.
On Saturday and Sunday, the roads were only partially clear and there was heavy equipment here and there, and it felt too risky to have my poor pup and poor me try to navigate all of that.
Last night, I saw that a nearby sidewalk has been cleared so I decided that I would take Khalee out this morning no matter what.
But this morning is very windy and a bit rainy and part of my brain tried to put the brakes on.
It really did its best to keep me and Khalee inside, telling me that the wind would make it hard to walk (truth: it’s not *that* windy!) and that while that sidewalk might be clear the road to get there might be hazardous (truth: some parts of the roads are narrow and snow-filled, others are clear and it’s only three minutes from my front door) and…and…and…
However, I couldn’t keep Khalee from another day of sniffvestigations, that didn’t seem fair.
So I bundled up, got her into her hoodie (more for visibility than warmth!), and braved the walk.
Do I feel better for getting outside?
Well, I don’t feel any worse!
Do I feel better for getting Khalee outside?
Oh, definitely!
So at least there’s that.
Here are a few photos from our walk, feel free to gloat about your spring weather in the comments while I am being all self-congratulatory about getting out for a walk today.
PS – We are supposed to have a ridiculous amount of rain overnight. So by the time you read this, all of these streets will be likely filled with slushy water that’s trying to seek out a drain. Sigh.
