Weekend Plans Post: The Fake Snowstorm and the Real One
Last Friday, I was finishing up some testing right about the time that lunch rolled around. My buddy texted me and said “hey, our other buddy is coming over in 20 minutes… Go get a party bucket of tendies/jo-jos from Safeway and we’ll goof off and play some games and watch some shows and eat some food!” and I said “HECK YEAH, BROTHER!” and ran to Safeway and, on the way there, the snow that had been flurrying turned into a snowstorm. You know the type of snow that snows sideways? Sticks to stop signs? It was like that. I ran into Safeway and got the spicy tendies and the jo-jos and got back in the car and drove to his place, dropped off the food, told him that I would love to hang out with them and argue geopolitics and watch stuff blow up but, man, the snow was *AWFUL* and I was going to go home before I was stuck there.
“Spend the night!”, my buddy told me. I laughed and begged off and got in the car.
About 3 minutes later, the snow stopped being crazy and by the time I got home, it was dry as a bone. Not even a flurry.
But then I was home and dang it I was going to put on my fuzzy pants and get under a fuzzy blanket.
This week? Wednesday morning it was threatening snow and Wednesday afternoon it started. It kept going. I got home and knew that I had to do the deck and the walk and the driveway and so I did them and, by bedtime, I had to do them again. I didn’t do them. But, come morning, it was even worse so I guess I put it off successfully. And, yes, the second time clearing the walk was even worse.
We got clearance to WFH when the snow hits like this so… good? I guess? Part of me feels like the kids who have been going to school over Zoom, though.
“I used to take snow days for this.”
This weekend will be spent… lemme check the weather… oh, it’ll be in the 50s on Saturday. So it looks like this weekend will be spent doing all of the little errands that I’d have done on the way home on Thursday/Friday. But then we have a ghost town at work the week after and it’ll be *VERY* easy to get work done without interruption. So that’ll be good, kinda.
So… what’s on your docket?
(Featured image is “Just Getting Started”. Photo taken by Maribou.)
No real snow yet around here, but we had a enough of an ‘event’ Monday to delay schools. Snow in this part of the country is strange. We get just enough to occasionally create disruptions but not nearly enough anyone ever really gets used to it. The result is both panics over nothing but also limited resources when something really does happen (which we’re definitely due for this year).
Anyway this weekend is going to be way too packed. I have a bunch of chores tomorrow including going to the dump then up to my parents to wrap Christmas gifts. Sunday is the new son’s baptism which is a joyous occasion but I hate doing it this time of year. However I didn’t feel like I had much choice since it’s my youngest brother’s turn to be godfather. He is working overseas and this is when he’s home so this is when we’re doing it. My wife is losing her mind because we have a bunch of old people who have said they want to be at the baptism but whose various ailments have made their rsvp tentative. There is a real possibility we have over bought food. Or under bought food. No one will know until Sunday afternoon.Report
we have a thunderstorm this morning (womp womp).
This weekend is graduation, and I have to pack to travel to my mom’s for Christmas. But today I have
– a research task to finish that will take several hours
– my spring Canvas shells to start filling
– a meeting with a student that MAY be woeful (student has been accused of plagiarism, with good reason, by another prof; the student is my advisee)
I was hoping to relax and enjoy a bit before traveling for Christmas, but, oh noReport
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