TCG's office wasn't opening until 10 today, but he has had a 2 hour commute in this weather so he left at 8. They just called now, at 9ish, to say that he didn't have to come in until at least 11 and they may have to close for the day. Of course he's already halfway there. They are on the list.

I am so glad they called everything closed here for us yesterday. I went to bed at midnight, turned off my alarm and awoke nicely refreshed at 7:30. I got up, did the dishes, made myself an omelet with spinach, roasted red pepper, pine nuts and goat cheese. Now, I'm nicely full and drinking my first cup of coffee. I am looking forward to just slounging around the condo. I may complete a few onerous tasks today! Usually I save them for Sunday, but it would be nice to actually do my onerous tasks on our onerous task day. But I stopped for groceries last night on the way home, so today may be a crock pot day to get 4-5 meals out of the way (usually done on Sunday). I am all gleeful at having an actual SNOW DAY! I never have snow days!

I'm technically WFH but I still plan on catching up on movies and stuff today. There's a good 18 inches on my porch, which is sheltered and has a roof, so I suspect there'll prove to be a lot more outside once I make it that far.

My sister just texted that at her house the snow is up to her hips.

Is today onerous task day? Awesome.

We didn't get that much snow, I don't think. Less than 12". But the winds were crazy last night (40-60mph) and the drifting is something bizarre. I've got snow up to the three foot mark on my balcony. The TV news station showed a picture of a car in their back parking lot completely covered by the snow and the snow next to the building was drifted up about 8-10' on the wall. I saw our maintenance guys out plowing the parking lot and they didn't just bring their usual plow, they brought a front-end loader! Lots of snow.

I just emailed to say that I won't be able to come in today. The sidewalk in front of my house is a solid two inches of ice.

Shir, thank you for explaining. I don't have anything to add to what everyone else has said.

We just have rain in DC. I'll keep my mouth shut.

Bad part of kids being home, I have to give up my computer for an hour or two. I may even be forced to do dishes.

I'm kind of glad today is onerous task day. I have a doozy I've been saving (so to speak).

I don't have anything to add to the emotional/ empathy/ boundary conversation, mostly because it's kind of stressful to talk about, but I'm reading.

It's funny - I've always thought of myself (and others have thought of me) as a very social creature, comfortable in crowds even when I don't know anyone. But starting at the SF2F, my brain just couldn't handle it and I freaked the fuck out. Thanks to pharmeceuticals (Ativan), I was able to get through it, but ever since then, larger parties and crowds freak me out to the point that, like La Tep, I have to medicate. At the time, I thougt it had to do with the huge emotional mess I was in at the time, but now I'm rethinking that. I've never had a clue as to what was "wrong" with me and it made me so sad that without some sort of chemical, I don't enjoy myself as much as I used to. It was such a huge part of my personality and to lose that feels like I lost a big part of the essence of me.

Reading this thread this morning, I feel like I have a reason for my odd-to-me behavior. So thank you, Tep and Andi for posting about this. And to those who also have a diffcult time in crowds, I am thankful to be in such company of awesome people. Maybe we can have our own corners and nod at each other with knowing and understanding.

Nonian, insent (as Hollaback Israel).

I am incredibly social person (yes, I know, shut up) and I can only imagine how hard it is in general, and how hard it is for you with the Buffistas. So many of us thrive on the social interaction that we forget that sometimes people need a break (I remember when Laura's DH came to his first F2F and I saw him sitting alone, so I went over to chat, and he was very amused that I was the 3rd person to come over to check on him to make sure that he wasn't feeling excluded. He was just overwhelmed :) )

All I can say is that I know that none of us want to make anyone feel uncomfortable, and I also know that we crazy people WILL respect your boundaries if you let us know, so please don't feel awkward about telling us to back off. And if someone doesn't, feel free to sic me on them (THE WRATH OF THE BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOBIES!!!)