Madison broke the old snowfall record last week. Anybody notice that it’s only mid-February? I had some choice blue language for the weather this Sunday when we got about three inches of slush atop a layer of the snow that iced over on Thursday. Peachy! Oh, and our “flurries” this morning ended up being about 2″ of accumulation. The city has lost its collective sense of humor about the situation.

This past weekend I decided to break out the skijoring equipment Amy got for me and Athena this Christmas.

Alas, the Bean isn’t very good at it. We’ve put a lot of effort into making sure she doesn’t pull when on walks but now I want her to pull. She’ll do it if she’s chasing a frisbee or if Amy calls her to come, but without artificial stimulus she naturally slows down so she’s out ahead of me, trotting but not pulling.

And the deep snow doesn’t help either. I don’t want to go on established trails because Athena would probably ruin the tracks but breaking trail ain’t easy and I’m not great on x-country skis to begin with. Still, it was nice to get outside for an hour or so and screw around. Saturday didn’t snow, but it was only in the teens temperature wise.

I may have mentioned this, but I’m ready for winter to go away now.

Current Mood: Tired |
Currently Listening To – Oasis – “Be Here Now”