seriously? i could have been in cleveland by now.
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ellen_fremedon came with me.
Went the long way home to stop at Barnes & Noble where I had an errand. Got there sort of 3:45, slushy snow was falling and making the brick sidewalk v. slick. Went in, spent a few minutes finding Stuff and a few more (a) waiting for an irate customer ahead of us to finish and (b) ordering the Shaw recording of the Missa Solemnis, since they didn't have it in the store.
Decided since we were there to get Chinese food and cupcakes.
Back in the car about 4:15. Stuff is getting pretty snowy and slushy by now. Assume we won't get home by 6pm.
By 7:30, we have gone abooout five blocks.
I'll spare you the long and tragic story of our trip home, and just tell you that it began to end at about 10pm with my car parked in the driveway of a synagogue a mile or so from my house, helping push a couple more wheel-spinny vehicles on the walk up home (including one whose spinning rear wheel kicked snow all up my legs as far as my hips),wordplay coming to meet us and walk about halfway with us, heading home (finally, @10:20) for dry jeans and socks and shoes and packing up a change and coming over to sack out on Ellen's couch, because of course - of course! - the power is out. (No ETR yet. My money's on Sunday, but not a lot of money, you understand.) Out at wordplay's, too, or I'd be in her basement, because no cats live there, but needs must and I'm glad to have more than one option. Yay friends.
And then in trying to get me onto Ellen's wireless network we managed to fuck it up pretty comprehensively - Ellen can't get back in now, and we're not sure what it is I'm connected to - and managed to wake up poorpocketmouse by texting to ask her advice.
All in all, a completely successful evening.
Isn't this the kind of thing that can be cured by tripping Kathie Lee Gifford and causing her to fall into a plate of tapioca?
ellen_fremedon came with me.Went the long way home to stop at Barnes & Noble where I had an errand. Got there sort of 3:45, slushy snow was falling and making the brick sidewalk v. slick. Went in, spent a few minutes finding Stuff and a few more (a) waiting for an irate customer ahead of us to finish and (b) ordering the Shaw recording of the Missa Solemnis, since they didn't have it in the store.
Decided since we were there to get Chinese food and cupcakes.
Back in the car about 4:15. Stuff is getting pretty snowy and slushy by now. Assume we won't get home by 6pm.
By 7:30, we have gone abooout five blocks.
I'll spare you the long and tragic story of our trip home, and just tell you that it began to end at about 10pm with my car parked in the driveway of a synagogue a mile or so from my house, helping push a couple more wheel-spinny vehicles on the walk up home (including one whose spinning rear wheel kicked snow all up my legs as far as my hips),
wordplay coming to meet us and walk about halfway with us, heading home (finally, @10:20) for dry jeans and socks and shoes and packing up a change and coming over to sack out on Ellen's couch, because of course - of course! - the power is out. (No ETR yet. My money's on Sunday, but not a lot of money, you understand.) Out at wordplay's, too, or I'd be in her basement, because no cats live there, but needs must and I'm glad to have more than one option. Yay friends.And then in trying to get me onto Ellen's wireless network we managed to fuck it up pretty comprehensively - Ellen can't get back in now, and we're not sure what it is I'm connected to - and managed to wake up poor
pocketmouse by texting to ask her advice.All in all, a completely successful evening.
Isn't this the kind of thing that can be cured by tripping Kathie Lee Gifford and causing her to fall into a plate of tapioca?
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I am calling out today, because it looks like the Ride-On buses won't be running until 10am, and by the time I get to work, I'd be exhausted. They can do without me today.