Our 6-year wedding anniversary is tomorrow (how has it been 6 years already?!?), and because I'm trying to score maximum Wife Points, we're camping this weekend with Tim's family. For 2 nights. (We've camped with them before, but it's always been 1 night. I genuinely can't remember the last time I camped for more than 1 night. It was probably when I was a Girl Scout.)

Lord help me.

Apparently everyone else is taking our office manager's vacation as a chance to be tardy/play hooky. I'm normally the fourth person to the office in the morning, but today I was the first, and at least two co-workers will be bugging out at lunchtime.

You want me to open, you gots to pay the price! cranks thermostat down until people in pictures on the walls start huddling together for warmth

My concern with Pittsburgh is only the weather, and the thought of moving yet again.

When I lived in Pgh the freezing rain was an issue on the super steep hilly roads. That said, it was one of the best experiences I ever had as far as wonderful neighbors and things to do. Incredible pride in their city and mass participation and support of the arts, and sports of course. Every single time I said I was new to the city, which was often as I got lost all the time, the person would exclaim how much I was going to love Pittsburgh. I had to hear it hundreds of times, and that positive attitude kinda wears off on a person.

Full list there, Calli! Job~ma. Where upstate?

Shir, it really does look very messy. I hope some reasonable coalition comes together.

Teppy, think smores!

Ugh, Pittsburgh has hills? Boo.

Good luck, Dana!

Hills are great! They make for variety in scenery.

Signed, Has Lived In the Flat Part of the State All His Life

I would be fucking ecstatic if we could move to Pittsburgh.

Ugh, Pittsburgh has hills?

Lots of hills and bridges.

I have had A Morning. I finally dragged myself out of bed and got on the train to work at my office downtown. I would have worked from home, but they're doing emergency work in my building and the water will be shut off from 9am-3pm. Halfway to work, we're told there's a power outage in the subway. So we all pile off the train and walk to Market Street where we're told there's a shuttle bus waiting for us. This is a lie. As we're milling around waiting, a streetcar pulls up, and before it gets to the stop, some angry dude harangues the streetcar operator, like that's going to achieve anything. The streetcar, predictably, is packed full but people try to get on anyway. Eventually we hear that the power is back on, and so we all pile back into the subway to get on one of the other trains that go downtown.

And now I'm supposed to do work and not be wildly cranky with everyone.

Over 1000 bridges! It really is very pretty with all the rivers. They even have a cable car up the mountain where you can view the pretty city.

Ugh, shrift. I'd be super cranky.

Oh, man, shrift. I'm sorry.