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llcoolvad...think it'll work? Trying to chant. I canna take much more o'this!
The weatherpeople are claiming 4"-7". Supposed to start around 2am and be done by 11am. Sun out by 3pm. I just don't know if I'll do a late start or maybe stay home altogether. The governor would like everyone to do a late start at least. Bleah. Tired of snow! And yes, I know, I live in New England and I should just man up. But there's still a couple feet out there. It hasn't melted at all. It's been way too cold. There was rain a couple days ago, but it really just took a tiny bit off the top, mostly what it had already put there slightly earlier in the same day. And now more? And next Wednesday even more! And this weekend in the single digits for temps.
2011 blows, so far!
Worked extra today. Made up three of the missing four hours from yesterday, so my PTO remains intact (assuming I can make up the other hour between tomorrow and Saturday. Easy-peasy). On the way home I picked up some soft stuff for Brian — he had dental work done today and is on softs for a couple days. Also picked up some snacks for me. So, what I'm saying is if I need to stay in tomorrow...we're good.
Naturally I picked the wrong line at the grocery store. I know we all think we do that, but honestly I really have a knack for it. Tonight's person in front of me was probably 4'8" and elderly, wearing a pink track suit with a faux-fur lined hood, which she had up tight around her head and face. She was carrying at least four plastic bags, and clutched them to her in one hand, then the other, all the while pawing through them looking for something and muttering. She bought a box of saltines with a check, for which they had to give her change. She told them exactly to the penny how much change there would be, and when the cashier started to count it out for her, the customer asked for the newest bills the cashier had in the drawer. That's when I noticed that she had a clear plastic bag over her hand to accept the money. She held it over her hand to sign the check, too.
I am an impatient person at the best of times. It is one of my flaws, I know. And I started to get really impatient and angsty when she shuffled around looking in each plastic bag for her check (which was in her pocket), but once I realized she was actually mentally ill and not just annoying, I sort of let all the anger go. It would be like being mad at the sun for rising. No point at all. So then it was just sort of interesting, watching all her coping mechanisms. The cashier apologized to me after, but I was already fine by then. There but for the grace...
Watched CSI tonight and it was just plain silly. Watched Bones and it was also fairly silly. Watched the Mentalist and it, too, was silly. The common factor might be me, but I'm thinking there's a little too much quirk on tv right now. Are they going out of their way to combat the weather/political scene/overall gloom? Or has it just taken me this long to notice that I watch a lot of quirky shows? There was a character on The Mentalist that might as well have been Temperance Brennan from Bones (and the killer was a pair of women who were making all natural sodas), there was a plotline on CSI that was straight out of an overwrought noir drama complete with burlesque dancer with feather fans, and Bones had Temperance suddenly speak Mandarin and the forensics people use hair conditioner to recover some evidence. Quirky! After the third show I just shook my head and turned off the tv. Too much!
If I'm home tomorrow I'll have to find something gritty to have on while I'm working. Maybe a kids' show?
The weatherpeople are claiming 4"-7". Supposed to start around 2am and be done by 11am. Sun out by 3pm. I just don't know if I'll do a late start or maybe stay home altogether. The governor would like everyone to do a late start at least. Bleah. Tired of snow! And yes, I know, I live in New England and I should just man up. But there's still a couple feet out there. It hasn't melted at all. It's been way too cold. There was rain a couple days ago, but it really just took a tiny bit off the top, mostly what it had already put there slightly earlier in the same day. And now more? And next Wednesday even more! And this weekend in the single digits for temps.
2011 blows, so far!
Worked extra today. Made up three of the missing four hours from yesterday, so my PTO remains intact (assuming I can make up the other hour between tomorrow and Saturday. Easy-peasy). On the way home I picked up some soft stuff for Brian — he had dental work done today and is on softs for a couple days. Also picked up some snacks for me. So, what I'm saying is if I need to stay in tomorrow...we're good.
Naturally I picked the wrong line at the grocery store. I know we all think we do that, but honestly I really have a knack for it. Tonight's person in front of me was probably 4'8" and elderly, wearing a pink track suit with a faux-fur lined hood, which she had up tight around her head and face. She was carrying at least four plastic bags, and clutched them to her in one hand, then the other, all the while pawing through them looking for something and muttering. She bought a box of saltines with a check, for which they had to give her change. She told them exactly to the penny how much change there would be, and when the cashier started to count it out for her, the customer asked for the newest bills the cashier had in the drawer. That's when I noticed that she had a clear plastic bag over her hand to accept the money. She held it over her hand to sign the check, too.
I am an impatient person at the best of times. It is one of my flaws, I know. And I started to get really impatient and angsty when she shuffled around looking in each plastic bag for her check (which was in her pocket), but once I realized she was actually mentally ill and not just annoying, I sort of let all the anger go. It would be like being mad at the sun for rising. No point at all. So then it was just sort of interesting, watching all her coping mechanisms. The cashier apologized to me after, but I was already fine by then. There but for the grace...
Watched CSI tonight and it was just plain silly. Watched Bones and it was also fairly silly. Watched the Mentalist and it, too, was silly. The common factor might be me, but I'm thinking there's a little too much quirk on tv right now. Are they going out of their way to combat the weather/political scene/overall gloom? Or has it just taken me this long to notice that I watch a lot of quirky shows? There was a character on The Mentalist that might as well have been Temperance Brennan from Bones (and the killer was a pair of women who were making all natural sodas), there was a plotline on CSI that was straight out of an overwrought noir drama complete with burlesque dancer with feather fans, and Bones had Temperance suddenly speak Mandarin and the forensics people use hair conditioner to recover some evidence. Quirky! After the third show I just shook my head and turned off the tv. Too much!
If I'm home tomorrow I'll have to find something gritty to have on while I'm working. Maybe a kids' show?
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Date: 2011-01-21 12:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-01-21 01:27 pm (UTC)Just sayin'.
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Date: 2011-01-22 09:53 pm (UTC)