How exciting.
This is a result of a crap day where nothing good happened. So here’s some snow on my balcony. I froze my toes taking it so pretend it’s “artsy.”
It actually did snow snow a little more today but not much and not enough to send people home in droves.
Tomorrow I should have an exciting photo of Dinsdale’s as I go to pick up my car (pleaseohpleaseohplease let them get it done tomorrow, I hate being car-less.) Turns out the problem with my car sputtering had something to do with a recall that was out on my car and it won’t cost me anything to fix 
That was the one good thing that I found out today.
So I walk out to my car and after managing to back out of my spot a little, this is basically what the wind did overnight:
And my tire’s flat.
But at least it started fine and ran fine. I’ll get the tire fixed later on.
Now it’s snowing. Blowing snow. Freezing snow. The kind of snow that sticks to you, makes your teeth chatter. And there should be about an inch thick layer of ice underneath whatever we end up with because it rained all damn day.
I can’t decide if I’m one of those people who gets gooey when it snows. Sure I like the stuff – when I’m tucked up inside with cocoa and a book or movie. But driving in it – being out in it, not so much. Especially driving in it. And shoveling it. And scraping car windows. And spinning off the interstate in it. Or spinning out on Custer just trying to take my kid to school. Scares me.
Anyway, tonight we’re getting the first snow of the season.
The lengths I go to make the most mundane seem interesting… *shakes her head*
The looks I got from people coming out of Skags, well… it was embarrassing
And the last in the holiday snaps. Kelly and her boyfriend stopped by the paper to say goodbye, and so Kelly could say a quick hello to her old journo teacher who works here.
They’re now off to Columbus to have lunch with my cousin who’s sending some of his pale ale home with them, and then they fly back to DC tonight.
Kel, the bf is lovely. Come back soon guys.
Update: Happily I am not walking funny today I must be bendier than I think I am.
A quick family shot at the end of a very filling Thanksgiving. I missed a shot with everyone who was there, but I’m slow with the cam.
It’s been a fun day. So good to see and hang with the sister. And meeting her boyfriend has been great. He got the family seal of approval. We likey him Not a bad bowler too.
Me though? I am a bad bowler. I am so bad that I tripped after I let the ball go, lost my footing as I tried to catch myself but because the wood was so slippery I couldn’t get any traction. So I did the splits involuntarily and landed in the gutter in the next lane over.
It was really quite an acrobatic fall. But I haven’t done the splits, voluntary or otherwise in quite a while so I’m sure I will be walking funny tomorrow.
The kid, the sis and her boyfriend walked into a restaurant. The boyfriend ate too much steak and regretted it for about an hour after we left.
It was most amusing Sometimes the effect of a proper side of Nebby beef can be a shock to the system if you’re from the weenie town of D.C.
Goddamn batteries. Or goddamn camera. One or the other, I don’t know. Batteries just seem to go into my camera to die. And I’m totally defeating the purpose of this by posting stuff like the pic above but I might invest in some rechargeables this weekend so I can get back on track.
Anyway we went to see Goblet of Fire again. The pic is of the cinema’s snack bar where they charge far too much money for a soda. $4.01 for a soda that is the same size as a large soda at Mickey D’s that costs $1.50. I thought price gouging was illegal.
I realize that movie theaters make the majority of their dosh from concessions but jaysis – I don’t really care if I have to pay 3 times more than it’s worth.
Anyway /rant.
It’s sort of a tradition for me and the kid to go see the HP flicks a few times in the theater before the long wait for the DVD. We’ll probably go one more time next week. It’s a great flick. Best of the lot IMO. My friend Mike’s much more eloquent about it than I am.
On another note, my sister and her boyfriend arrive in town tomorrow for turkey day. Can’t wait to see her and meet him. I’ll have pics by then
So le batteries are still dead and I forgot to buy more. Today’s pic comes from some county government site. I had to go by the courthouse this afternoon and drop off my papers for jury duty.
I’ve never been called for jury duty before. I know most people would rather drag themselves across a field of broken glass then go through jury duty but I’m sort of interested in the process. I’m sure I’ll find it’s a pain the ass and I’ll hate it but until then, I’ll be hoping I get a good case.
Unless they won’t use me because I work for the media. Who knows.
