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[chanter1944]

TW for minor medical details dealing with eyes. Nothing too gross, but if eye stuff squicks you, skip down to the last paragraph; it's safe.

In good news, the pink eye and the sinusitis are both G-O-N-E gone! Thank *God*. And thank God I had no chance of passing the horrible crud to the kiddos climbing all over me and everyone else at Christmas.

In not so good news, sometimes, if you futz with your eye enough when trying to get your sinuses to oh my lord drain already come ooooon, you irritate the heck out of said eye, causing it to water up a storm even when the rest of the issues have cleared. Which I did. One morning trip to the clinic later, and I now know what the heck is going on. Shortly off to pick up some lubricating gel and a mild anti-inflamatory drop thingie. On a scale of one to aaaargh, this is pretty darn minor. Whew. And I have almost a full week off to enjoy, on top of it. WHEW, I say!

Unrelated, Christmas was a fun time, as ever. I'm now back on the isthmus, with an entire week in front of me and nothing infectious in sight. Score! ... Truly, I'll take a minor eye irritation over anything worse.

Now it just needs to stop raining. It can snow any time, though. Snow doesn't generally freeze into glare ice overnight.

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[chanter1944]

*giggles* Even around here, snow is a four-letter word at times. XD Granted, we *do* know what to do, generally, when 6 inches or so lands on us overnight. I have customers in the south who tell me stories of a couple inches shutting the whole city down, and I'm left going... wait a second! :)

It's the *ice* you've gotta watch out for. That stuff is what can potentially get you. Even Wisconsinites are wary of that sort of accumulation on the sidewalk, to say nothing of the roads.

[technoshaman]

_That_ is what studded snow tyres, and Yak-Trax, are for. Also, walking like a penguin. :)

And the flatness of Wisconsin.

[chanter1944]

And ski poles used for balance, and... a familiarity with falling on your butt. Heh. :P

I don't know how the folks in the driftless (hilly as heck) region of western Wisconsin deal when it gets icy...

[killing_rose]

We had a blizzard last month.

It was 2 inches.

I have assimilated enough that I sighed, reminded myself that our city does not put anything toward winter weather, and wondered how I ever survived growing up in Alaska.

And then reminding myself that I dont live somewhere where it snows 6 odd inches at a time on purpose.

[chanter1944]

Putting 'blizzard' and '2 inches' together took me a second, and then I went... oh right, KR doesn't live in the snowier climes now. :) I'm not sure I'll ever manage living somewhere unaccustomed to blowing and drifting. Then again, I'm not sure I'll ever *try*.