It's been almost two months since last December's devastating ice storm, and around town there are still piles of tree branches (and in some cases, bigger things like trunks!) all over the sides of the road. The City of Tulsa has been having a really slow time getting them picked up, although they have pledged to make a total of three trips through each neighborhood, I understand, and make sure everything gets picked up. Well, because of the whole having a new baby thing, plus, it being wintertime, ever since then it's either been dark when I've been at home (shorter days in the wintertime), or I've been dog-tired in the daytime because of staying up to feed the baby at all hours.
Anyway, this afternoon after the Men's breakfast at Grace, it was a beautiful day and I was outside anyway, so I dragged the limbs that have been littering my backyard ever since the ice storm out to the curb. As soon as I got finished I looked down the street, and what should I see but the cleanup trucks coming down the street! I'll bet my little pile of twigs wasn't there more than 45 minutes total. It almost looks like they may have gotten to our house and then called it a day, though, because the street past us is still piled with branches. It's a shame, too, because that's the way I have to walk to get to the bus; with piles of branches sometimes covering the sidewalk, and in the dark just before sunrise, it can be pretty hazardous if you check out mentally and don't look where you're going. I'll sure be glad when they get that cleared out so I can safely walk on the sidewalk again.
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