for the record

I have discovered that as weird and twitchy and anxiety ridden as I become when massive amounts of snow fall from the sky and pile up all around me trapping me indoors, that is NOTHING compared with how nuts I get when massive amounts of snow fall from the sky and pile up all around me trapping me indoors while a former president is whisked away to the hospital with chest pains the week before Ash Wednesday. Just sayin'. For the record. Not a happy feeling.

I made it to work today and Bill went home, so all is now right with the world. Pippa has passed. Please do not scare me like that again.

weather update

I usually envy my neighbors who, thanks to winds, direction, and position in the building, get bigger snowdrifts than I piling up on their balcony rails. Let's be clear, I hate the snow but I can be both greedy and competitive. Today, however, I actually have a drift ON my balcony, not just on the ledge. I consider this a victory in my favor. Mock me if you must.

I'm also very aware today of the cracks in my concrete balcony. What kind of severe temperatures and snow buildup could my balcony withstand before simply snapping in two and disappearing down the side of the building? I'm on the sixteenth floor, so an avalanche scenario is not completely out of the question. And, without the balcony, there would be no need to get all worked up about the drifts.

snow days

I hate snow. I mean, I really hate snow. It is evil and will do its level best to ruin your life. I hate snow. People think I'm exaggerating when I talk about my intense loathing for snow, but I'm not. I hate it. It's occasionally attractive in a photo or painting, but it doesn't have a frame around it snow is awful.

We had ghastly amounts of snow here at the end of last week and over the weekend. So much so that the plows haven't been able to keep up with the snowfall and some roads still haven't been cleared. Thousands of people are without power. The feds, and schools, and a lot of businesses have been closed since last Friday. Now it's snowing again. We anticipate maybe another ten inches before morning. AAAARGH!!!!

I had to go in to work today. I didn't drive; I took the bus--a 90 minute trip each way. On a nice day I can walk it in 45. I hate snow. The roads are a mess and the sidewalks are even worse. Thanks to the snow, I spent the entire day with my stomach in knots trying to get four days worth of work done in six hours and then get back home before nightfall when you have no hope of seeing the icy patches on the path in front of you. I'm jittery and freaked out and desperately want some cookies to distract me from being jittery and freaked out, but there's no way in heck I'm leaving my apartment now that I've made it home and I know I wouldn't even be able to taste cookies (what with being all jittery and freaked out) and would just snarf the entire package of cookies without even thinking about it. This is why I don't keep cookies in the house.

However, I may need to start keeping tranquilizers in the house. You know, for the snow days.