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i feel sorta cheated
Jan. 25th, 2011 01:40 amMy weekend was so cold, I felt like I was hiding from it rather than enjoying it. Yesterday I got up fairly late, took a quick shower, and went over to mom's to fix her internet connection (the power strip was off, sigh). Afterward, Patrick suggested a ride to Maine to pick up his sister-in-law's grandmother's car so he could take it for a week-long test drive. Ok! I'm always up for a drive.
I got to meet the entire extended family. At one point they ranged from about 1.5 years old to 90 years old, so there were four generations all in the same room. They're super nice, all of them, so the visit was very pleasant. And the Nanamobile is very cute. On the way home, I stopped and picked up Mom's groceries and brought them over to her. And by then my car's thermometer said it was 10 degrees. BRRR. Fled home, where Patrick offered to take us out to dinner as a ride-repayment. Off we went to the nicer of our local Chinese places, got the buffet, and then home again. Hung out doing my usual for the rest of the night.
Today was much of the same. Brian and I got lunch, then went grocery shopping, then basically I napped and watched tv and rearranged my bedroom a little (trying a different location for a bureau and lamp, mostly). I have got to get serious about these boxes of papers in my bedroom. They're starting to seem like fixtures rather than temporary guests, so I really need to do them before they're just more furniture. I also still haven't hung the two newly framed pictures, so I need to get to that, stat! I think once I get the pictures up I'll feel a little better about the bedroom. I need to decide which ones come down, though, so I am procrastinating.
So the day wasn't a total wash or anything, but we had intended to have a more external type of day; maybe go shopping, watch a movie, play some pinball, something, but it was so cold neither of us felt like being out in the world. Back home to warmth and kitties and blankets, and ahh, much better. Figured we had to get the groceries, because our weather is supposed to be sketchy for the rest of the week. I need to drive in tomorrow, but Wed is my WFH day and Thursday I took off. So just tomorrow, then a couple days of relief, then it's supposed to be reasonable on Friday.
When will this winter end? I don't ever remember feeling this depressed about weather this early in the season. This is feeling like February desperation. FEH!
On the upside, the temps are rising! It's 13 degrees right now. Balmy!
I got to meet the entire extended family. At one point they ranged from about 1.5 years old to 90 years old, so there were four generations all in the same room. They're super nice, all of them, so the visit was very pleasant. And the Nanamobile is very cute. On the way home, I stopped and picked up Mom's groceries and brought them over to her. And by then my car's thermometer said it was 10 degrees. BRRR. Fled home, where Patrick offered to take us out to dinner as a ride-repayment. Off we went to the nicer of our local Chinese places, got the buffet, and then home again. Hung out doing my usual for the rest of the night.
Today was much of the same. Brian and I got lunch, then went grocery shopping, then basically I napped and watched tv and rearranged my bedroom a little (trying a different location for a bureau and lamp, mostly). I have got to get serious about these boxes of papers in my bedroom. They're starting to seem like fixtures rather than temporary guests, so I really need to do them before they're just more furniture. I also still haven't hung the two newly framed pictures, so I need to get to that, stat! I think once I get the pictures up I'll feel a little better about the bedroom. I need to decide which ones come down, though, so I am procrastinating.
So the day wasn't a total wash or anything, but we had intended to have a more external type of day; maybe go shopping, watch a movie, play some pinball, something, but it was so cold neither of us felt like being out in the world. Back home to warmth and kitties and blankets, and ahh, much better. Figured we had to get the groceries, because our weather is supposed to be sketchy for the rest of the week. I need to drive in tomorrow, but Wed is my WFH day and Thursday I took off. So just tomorrow, then a couple days of relief, then it's supposed to be reasonable on Friday.
When will this winter end? I don't ever remember feeling this depressed about weather this early in the season. This is feeling like February desperation. FEH!
On the upside, the temps are rising! It's 13 degrees right now. Balmy!
