Over The Frosted Hills We Go

   Jeff had an early (8:10am) appointment with the pain specialist in Cooperstown today so we had to be up and on the road by 7am.  Of course, today's weather was less that stellar.  There had been freezing rain off and on all night and most of the schools around us were on 2 hour delays...including Cooperstown and Richfield Springs.  Luckily, the only school that was closed was Springfield/Cherry Valley and while they close at the first sign of a snowflake, they are a little further east...and higher...than Cooperstown.  Rte. 28 South from Mohawk to Richfield wasn't in the best condition but it was passable having been treated all night.  Once we crossed Rte. 20 the road was just wet and we made it to Cooperstown by 7:45am.  Good thing we were a little early and Railroad Ave is only 1 block long because it took us a couple of passes before we found the doctor's office.  (It was in the back of the building on the lower level, with only 1 sign on the side of the building.)  He was taken in right away and I settled down to knit on a baseball hat.  Jeff's appointment lasted about 45 minutes but nothing happened.  This was a 'preliminary' appointment to decided what, where and how many injections he'll get.   We were on the road back home by 9am passing school buses picking up kids who had had to wait 2 hrs before going to school this morning.
   Since Jeff drove down, I offered to drive home hoping he'd decided not to take up my offer but that didn't happen.  I even suggested going for coffee in Cooperstown but he wanted breakfast so I drove to Mona's (the purple house) on Main St in Mohawk.  We both had big breakfasts with plenty of good coffee and I even saved a piece of bacon for Fanny who was waiting in the car with the bill totaling around $16.  After that we stopped at the Tractor Supply to get some kitty litter for our speed skating rink (the driveway) and a couple of bundles of hard wood (only $4 each) before we stopped at K-Mart so Jeff could drop off a couple of Rx's. 
   The mail had already been delivered when we got home but there was nothing in our box except seed catalogs.   I was disappointed because I had been expecting a secret pal package all week.  Our mail delivery man doesn't like to leave packages out in lousy weather.  If no one is home, he prefers to put them in one of the cars...but he doesn't tell us he's done that! Jeff checked his car that was parked in front of the garage and found today's mail and my package!  Fanny helped me open my package and

was very interested in the envelope!   I think I may

need a pair of red socks soon.  The ombre dishcloths are great to use as placemats for 
TV snacks!  And I never have enough circular needles.  I think I may have to make myself another cowl from some of the other yarn, too.   The next Secret Pal exchange will be next month so I've got to start planning what to send.  Postage has gone up so much, where the package goes pretty much decides what goes in it.  Don't want to make it too heavy....
      I think it may be time to build a fire and take a nap...or knit...or read...no, nap sounds the best.