Stuck in My Back Alley With the Winter Blues Again

Last night was my first major getting stuck incident of this winter. I've had some minor (<5 minutes) times already.

I was at Tim's (he doesn't take Interac either) watching "The Deer Hunter" -- or most of it. I didn't realize how long it was and so c. midnight I figured I'd better get home and leave an hour or so for getting stuck in my alley.

I thought of parking in front (which, in the end, I did), but at one end a neighbour had done some clearing and so I thought I could get enough speed up to make it past the remaining few houses to my back driveway.

Wrong.

I have been carrying a shovel, ice pick, and metal tracks to put under my tires anyway. Without them I don't know how I'd have got free.

I actually didn't really feel that tired at 0130hrs, but I think I was more addled than I realized. While in the bathroom I like to use my PDA to play a Game of Hearts (or a Game o' fHearts). Last night when I came inside and did so, Player 2 shot the moon. So my usual alertness must have been reduced.

This morning I shot the moon -- and then lost the game.