I took a couple of days off from snow and ice clearing, mostly because I was seriously sore. Yesterday my wife had trouble getting her car in the driveway; apparently someone (yours truly) had left the gap in the snow at the end of the driveway a tad two narrow for her Outback.
Today, the cleaning service came to our house so my wife and I went to a diner for breakfast. Afterwards we headed to the rec center to lift weights. Neither the rec center not the library was open so we found a parking lot and played on the phone (me) and napped (she).
At noon we headed back to the rec center to use the weight machines. I found the weight surprisingly easy to move despite, or maybe because of, my shoveling work out.
After our weight routine we headed back home. I went outside to widen the driveway gap using the garden spade that I repaired last night. The snow and ice lasagna (a term I saw online) first had to be separated from the pavement. It came up in slabs and chunks. I had to chop up the big pieces into throwable smaller chunks. After about two hours my back was aching and I quit. I opened the gap and freed up most of the back half of my ice bound Accord.
After lunch and nap, I went into the basement to ride Big Nellie for an hour. Recumbent riding always seems to set my back right, and today was no exception to the rule.
Tomorrow I go back out to try to liberate the Accord again. I need to get this done by Saturday before the next snow storm comes. Then I can spent Sunday, re-liberating my car so I can get to a doctor’s appointment on Monday.
We’re having fun now.
A Few Spokes Shy of a Wheel 
a suggestion: might not be able to find some now, but get some ice melt and scatter some before the snow or ice hits. Up here they put brine down on the roads and sidewalks before it snows to make removal of the snow easier. And many plow services put it down on peoples driveways as well. I have some ice melt in the garage. It is from last year and is still in good shape. Go to Home Depot or Lowes. Get a 5 gallon bucket with a lid (Honey Depot has ones with a screw on lid) and get a bag of ice melt before the winter and then you won’t be driving around trying to find it when a storm hits.