Inconsiderate bastards!!
I know, right!?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Spike's Bitches 21 Gunn Salute
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Nora Deirdre - Jan 23, 2005 9:14:07 am PST #6722 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Topic!Cindy - Jan 23, 2005 9:19:56 am PST #6723 of 10002
What is even happening?
Ginger, thank you very much!!!
sj - Jan 23, 2005 9:20:40 am PST #6724 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Nora, is there no way you could pull it off now?
meara - Jan 23, 2005 9:31:34 am PST #6725 of 10002
Do it now, Nora! Or at least give it a try.
Morning. Weird to hear of those of you who got the actual amount of snow promised--it did seem to snow a little more last night, but still not all that much--the biggest issue is probably that although the streets are clear-ish, they're wet, so they may freeze icy.
I really need to get off the couch and do laundry, though.
Hil R. - Jan 23, 2005 9:38:03 am PST #6726 of 10002
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Do it now, Nora! Or at least give it a try.
Totally.
I figured I ought to do something useful with today, so I cleaned about half my kitchen (stove, outside of refridgerator, and floor.) The counter and sink and microwave might be this afternoon. I also tried to take a walk, but a lot of places didn't shovel (the Bosnian embassy, and several federal buildings), so I couldn't really walk in the direction I wanted to, and the other directions are kind of boring, so the walk wasn't very long.
DCJensen - Jan 23, 2005 9:51:36 am PST #6727 of 10002
All is well that ends in pizza.
R.I.P., Johnny Carson.
Crap.
Ginger - Jan 23, 2005 9:51:54 am PST #6728 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Damn those Bosnians!
Ginger, thank you very much!!!
I hope your dumplings work out. Biscuits and dumplings are both tricksy things.
t Still not here. Must go back to removing commas.
Jen - Jan 23, 2005 9:57:44 am PST #6729 of 10002
love's a dream you enter though I shake and shake and shake you
Jen, if you read this today, drop a post to let us know that you're in one piece?
Nora is the sweetest.
So I woke up at 5 am, ready to brave the wilds of Somerville, and I saw that the snow was up past my knees and the road hadn't been plowed. I was planning to walk to the nearest T stop (about a mile away; it wouldn't have been fun) but I couldn't have done that without developing hypothermia.
So I called work and said all that. They said, hang tight for a little while and try again.
So I woke up again at 7 am, and it was the same story. Not possible to walk a mile, no way, no how.
I tried once more at 9 am and still there was no way I was going to be able to walk a mile down to the T. I said that if the National Guard wanted to come pick me up, I was ready to go, but otherwise I wasn't moving. They said, "Stay there," so I did, with "there" being defined as "in bed with the cat."
I could probably go in now, but there's another person who does my job scheduled to be there from 3-11, and she lives easy walking distance from the hospital. I wash my hands of it, particularly since I offered to sleep at the hospital last night so I'd be there in the morning and they said "no thanks."
sj - Jan 23, 2005 10:01:16 am PST #6730 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
So relieved that you are home safe Jen, I have been worried about you all day.
vw bug - Jan 23, 2005 10:03:58 am PST #6731 of 10002
Mostly lurking...
Jen, I'm glad they're being so understanding. Everyone in that area, stay warm and dry!
So far everyone here is being wonderful...except for the car rental company. On Tuesday they're jumping our rate from $25.99 a day to $58.99. Needless to say, I'm not a happy camper. I'm still working on it (I'll call the manager in the morning), but if we have to, we'll rent from another company. It'll mean a trip to the airport tomorrow, but I guess that's not the end of the world.
The hotel, though, has been amazing. They're giving us two extra nights' stay for the group rate we had for the weekend ($84 for a $360 room!).
On edit: YAY! I'm finally on hold with Delta. I just may get all of this travel stuff worked out yet. And then, it's like an extra two-day vacation. Woooo!