ice skating

this morning, as most of you probably noticed, the sidewalks are INCREDIBLY icy, like covered in actual sheets of ice. however, because i am such a dedicated dog owner, i still took little leonidas out for his morning walk. and it was hilarious. i haven't laughed so hard in a long time. people probably would have thought i was crazy, but most were too busy trying to stay upright to notice.

to avoid the sidewalks, i did my best to crunch through the icy snow, but leonidas kept sinking in a getting stuck, so he moved to the sidewalks. unfortunately, walking on that for him was like running on a treadmill. his tiny little legs were doing everything they could to move forward, but on the uphills, he often just slid backwards. the downhills may have been worse, particularly at points where i had to venture onto the ice too, because he'd start sliding, so i'd start sliding, and at one point, i couldn't even make it over the edge because my feet were slipping so much. at one point, all four of his legs splayed out from under him and his belly smacked the ice (it's ok you can laugh, he wasn't hurt).

thankfully, i never actually wiped out, but i can't say the same for my fellow side-walkers. one lady was actually walking down the hill in front of chris and katie's apartment in stiletto heels. she started to slide, so she took off one shoe, but when her bare foot hit the ice, it slid right out from under her...needless to say, she headed back to her apartment to find other shoes.

anyways, it was an adventure of a morning, and now i'm headed into the CG for a late start to the work day!