blizzard of 2010 brings out the best (and worst)

my mom came into my room this morning saying, "something's wrong with our car, come outside!"

i went outside in my groggy, pre-showered state to see that my driver's side window had been completely shattered. at first i thought the weight of the snow on top of the car had crushed the window after 3 days of weighing down the car, but after shoveling a path around the car to investigate further, i noticed that the driver's side door had a huge dent in it too.  it looked like a crumpled soda can.  also, i discovered glass from the window underneath the 2 and a half feet of snow, which means this all happened before the snow came on friday.  

some idiot was probably driving too fast friday night despite the snowy conditions, lost control, and sideswiped the car.  now that i think about it, it was the perfect hit and run scenario.  with all the snow in the forecast, it took us 2 days to get out to the street to notice the damage.  also, because the car was literally buried, it looked completely fine underneath all that snow.  only after the snow melted a little bit could we see the damage.  i hope the jackass gets stuck in the snow and freezes to death.  

we called some nearby relatives to help us shovel the rest of the snow around the car so we could put it in the garage, only to find out that the car battery had died sometime during the past three days.   luckily, our neighbor is handy with cars, so he helped us recharge our battery.  finally, after an eventful morning filled with shoveling, phone calls to geico, cleaning bits of broken glass, and even more shoveling, we got the car into the garage.  now we're just waiting for a tow truck to come get it; hopefully sometime before the snow starts up again (blizzard of 2010 redux?).

so, i guess all's well that end's well.  a bad situation brought forth good company (and a good workout).  i'm just crossing my fingers for at least a couple incident free days.  with another foot or more of snow in the forecast however, i doubt we'll be so fortunate.  oh well, spirits remain high in the pyon house.   

ps.  since my dad is away in sunny vietnam  for business (90 degree weather, seriously?), my mom and i cleared our entire driveway and street in front of our house on sunday and monday.  i'm so proud.  she didn't even complain once (unlike my dad who claims he's gonna have a heart attack every 15 minutes).