Checklist for a Fairbanks -49 Sunday morning

 Sat 11:00pm - before bed, make sweeping generalizations about life being relatively easy, and gush about how Larry has yet to screw you over.


 Sun 7:00am - run out of  #2 Heating Oil. sleep through 20 mins of audible fuel pump protest


 8:00 - pretend you're not really too cold and bury yourself in blankets


 8:30 - wake up with frozen facial features


 9:00 - pack all your liquids into a container and load up Larry

 9:15 - empty 5-gal water jugs out, after soaking one down-bootie foot in water

 9:30 - allow Larry to use his square tires like little solid rubber shovels, to dig himself into the flat driveway

 9:45 - practice trenching techniques and dig Larry out

 10:00 - the payoff

 good morning winter.