yes, March is like a mean drunk. Pleasant and sunny, but then add some liquid, and it's a bitch.

I left early. traffic was a nightmare at 4:45, I can only imagine how bad it got. Took me almost an hour.

Gah. I hate that.

It took me so long to work myself up to making a potentially unpleasant phone call that now, of course, it's after hours and I just got voicemail. On a Friday. When I should have called over a month ago. And now I may have the potentially unpleasant phone call take place *at any unspecified time.*

I hate phone fear; it's so inconvenient.

However? It is the absolutely most gorgeous and lovely day here ever. The Biscuit is out lounging in the kennel. The birds are singing on the neighbor's feeders. It is sunny and 70 and we are just about to finish up our week of music school. So pretty.

I feel you on the phone fear, Liese. I'm completely hopeless - even with the calls that aren't potentially unpleasant. The P. U. calls have a way of just kind of not happening.

Burrell, I only "need" OCD stuff like Swiffer pads and peanut butter. Nothing for real. Just dozing and dazed and trying to follow convoluted British mystery drama. Thanks for the offer, though.

Beverly--don't worry about postage. I'll try and be good and get it burned and mailed this weekend or Monday.

I should have toast and tea and jam. Perfect self pity food. Even better if marmalade is involved.

I gotta get my ass out of self pity land before the black belt test. Can't pass it in this frame of mind.

Yay cab guy!

OK, that commute was seriously sucktastic. It probably took twice as long and I ended up driving all over Kingdom Come (well, ok Park Heights and Pimlico) cause the lights at 2 major intersections were out and I try to avoid braving that particular stupidity in this city in the best of weather. With half an inch of slush on the roads ? Yeah, no.

There are some beautiful derelict rowhomes in the mid section of Park Heights. Sad.

Not just slush, sarameg, ICY slush!

Turns out rock and roll can get called on account of nasty weather. I'm just glad one of the other bands cancelled because we wouldn't have been the ones to do it. Is it sad that I'd rather stay home on my couch with my tea and watch What Not to Wear rather than driving through the nastiness to play the rock?

Anyway, we're playing a bunch in April and hardly anyone would have made it out to the show tonight anyway I bet. (am feeling a little guilty because when I talked to the show organizer he said the bar manager was willing to open and just have the two bands play and I said it was really too bad to be driving out there and that we really should cancel.)

I'm glad you cancelled, cause really, this stuff should be avoided.

Plus, you don't want people driving after a few beers. Even if you're not "drunk', you don't want your reaction time slowed even a little bit in bad weather.

It's a beautiful sunny 59° day here with just a bit of occasional breeze. it could only be better if I weren't inside at work for most of it.

I bought new tires today, which were about $80 more than I'd budgeted for. I feel compelled to compensate by not eating out at the nice restaurant with the Gyllenhaal-alike waiter this month.

Though my insurance premium did inexplicably go down by $6 this month in the wake of the big $5 grand repair payout. Not a situation I want to draw my agent's attention to by asking questions...

Plus, you don't want people driving after a few beers. Even if you're not "drunk', you don't want your reaction time slowed even a little bit in bad weather.

Seriously! And I don't want my bandmates to risk falling while carrying their equipment either. (Or me because I do usually help them!) We are recording in a couple of weeks! (And we already had to reschedule that due to guitarist w/ pneumonia.)