Ow, Ow, Ow

As mentioned in my last entry, my car has been trapped by the iced-over parking lot since the last storm. Yesterday, I called the HOA to complain about the lack of snow/ice removal (which all residents pay for every month). They said that (supposedly) one truck came out, broke, and then another truck came out, and broke, and by then it was mostly ice, so they're going to keep coming out every couple of days to clear stuff as it melts. Right. I've seen zero trucks and zero evidence of any attempts at plowing. I asked several of my neighbors. They haven't seen anything either. Also, in theory, the HOA was going to get back to me yesterday sometime and send a maintenance guy over to help me dig out. Unless he was invisible at the time, he never showed.

I was going to call back near the end of the day, but as I was returning from walking Akito, my neighbor was also getting home and loaned me a shovel to dig out. Then I spent close to two hours, racing the sunset and therefore falling temperatures, digging out of a six-inch-thick ice sheet. I did it, and can now extract my car. But damn, I hurt today. Arms, back, legs (to a lesser extent), any muscle remotely skeletal. Oh yeah, and I'm sure it was great for my cold to be outside, doing all that in 30-some-degree weather. Planning to call the HOA back today, after I get into work. I'm thinking that I shouldn't have to make my full HOA dues payment this month. What do you think?