Well, it’s early Tuesday – and the snow is falling fast. D and I are supposed to fly out to visit his family tonight, but I don’t know if it’s going to happen. I mean, I’m sure it will happen eventually. The question is when. How long will we sit at the airport? We’re stocked up with food and comfy clothes. We figured out how to pack only carry-on bags (which we will probably regret when we have to return home with new Christmas gifts… not sure how that will work).
Last night we swapped Christmas gifts. I got the best Christmas card ever. I also got a bunch of fun new books, one of which – a new Wayside Stories book – we are going to read on the plane. Yes, we are that weird.
We packed and got the house ready for our departure. I had a “grown up” moment last night. K, a little girl who lives across the street, is going to watch Boo and Kanga (the gerbils) for us. As I was jotting some instructions and writing the check, I thought, “Oh wow. I’m one of those grown-ups that has pets that need to be taken care of and the kid across the street does it for me. Weird.”
I know, I know. I should have realized it before now. David and I are adults. But still, when I actually think about it, it's strange.
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Six
That was the median temperature yesterday, according to the various banks and drugstores I passed as I was driving around. It was so cold that David and I could not scrape the ice off the car, the two back doors stayed frozen shut all day, any slush that sprayed up on my winshield froze immediately, and the ground was so hard that the sheet ice that covered it wasn't even slippery. It was so cold my drivers side window wouldn't go down when I was at the drive through at the bank. I had to pull my car forward, get out and stand at the ATM to make my deposit. And those little touch screens don't work when you have your gloves on. Cold. Burn your face and eyes, make you hate life cold.
Today it's supposed to be more like 22, last I checked. Sad to say, that will feel pleasant compared to Monday.
Today is perhaps the best day ever at work. I teach in the morning, getting back to the office around 11:00. At 11:30 we start a Christmas party (lunch is catered in!), and then at 1:30, we start a staff meeting (which may not sound like fun, but always is) which will go until the end of the day.
David is sick with a sore throat today, and so is staying in to work from home. I'm a tad bit jealous, but not too much.
T-minus 9 days until Chirstmas.
Today it's supposed to be more like 22, last I checked. Sad to say, that will feel pleasant compared to Monday.
Today is perhaps the best day ever at work. I teach in the morning, getting back to the office around 11:00. At 11:30 we start a Christmas party (lunch is catered in!), and then at 1:30, we start a staff meeting (which may not sound like fun, but always is) which will go until the end of the day.
David is sick with a sore throat today, and so is staying in to work from home. I'm a tad bit jealous, but not too much.
T-minus 9 days until Chirstmas.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Waiting
New door new door new door new door...!
It was supposed to be rainy and icy this morning, but right now the sun is shining. According to wheather.com there's not supposed to be any real preciptation until around noon. I'm waiting for the guys, hoping they get here in the next few minutes. They said 8:30...
It was supposed to be rainy and icy this morning, but right now the sun is shining. According to wheather.com there's not supposed to be any real preciptation until around noon. I'm waiting for the guys, hoping they get here in the next few minutes. They said 8:30...
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Christmas Time is Here
In celebration of the season, I decided to change my blog (Thanks, M, for the link to the free backgrounds!) I guess I could have gone classier, been more polished... but since I'm around kids all day, think about kids all day, and I named my blog after a kid's book, this design was more suitable for me. It makes me wish I had Christmas Break. Or a pair of snow pants I could don to go roll around (comfortably) in the snow.
And there is snow! Sigh. I love it, and I hate it. It started Sunday and quit last night. We only have a few inches, but the roads are gross. Winter is here. BUT! We have our tree. We put up our Christmas lights. We watched Charlie Brown's Christmas and The Grinch. It feels like Christmas. I have three weeks of work left before Christmas Break. Wonderful, wonderful. I'm totally enjoying the Advent season. My only problem is a lack of inspiration in the gift-giving department. I have no idea what we're going to get people. I have no idea what to get D. Sigh.
Other news: Lord willing, we should be getting a new front door tomorrow (Merry Christmas to ME!). Right now there's about a half inch to an inch of space all around the door. You can see daylight when the door is closed, and the cold blows in. (I feel like we ought to go Ma & Pa style and hang a quilt over the door to keep out the cold.) There's call for more snow on Wednesday, though, so who knows. I'm afraid they'll cancel, though we haven't heard anything yet.
And there is snow! Sigh. I love it, and I hate it. It started Sunday and quit last night. We only have a few inches, but the roads are gross. Winter is here. BUT! We have our tree. We put up our Christmas lights. We watched Charlie Brown's Christmas and The Grinch. It feels like Christmas. I have three weeks of work left before Christmas Break. Wonderful, wonderful. I'm totally enjoying the Advent season. My only problem is a lack of inspiration in the gift-giving department. I have no idea what we're going to get people. I have no idea what to get D. Sigh.
Other news: Lord willing, we should be getting a new front door tomorrow (Merry Christmas to ME!). Right now there's about a half inch to an inch of space all around the door. You can see daylight when the door is closed, and the cold blows in. (I feel like we ought to go Ma & Pa style and hang a quilt over the door to keep out the cold.) There's call for more snow on Wednesday, though, so who knows. I'm afraid they'll cancel, though we haven't heard anything yet.
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