A Change would do you good.
Feb. 17th, 2006 01:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swestrupDon't like the weather? Wait 10 minutes.
I started feeling some cabin fever this morning, so I decided to head out for breakfast. I knew they had said there would be freezing rain by the afternoon, but hoped I could beat it.
When I fetched the morning paper, it was snowing lightly, but the newspaper was caked with ice, which was a clue.
By the time I was ready to head out (after showering, reading comics and LJ, drinking some coffee, etc) it was raining and there was an inch of slush on the plaza outside our door. I grabbed the umbrella and headed out.
By the time I was halfway to Chenoy's (a 10-minute walk) it was so windy that I had to put away the umbrella. Within another block the rain had turned to sleet and then to ice pellets. Crossing the road was exciting because there were huge puddles of semi-liquid slush everywhere and the passing cars were drenching the sidewalks.
Once in Chenoy's and happily eating, I looked out the window and there appeared to be driving snow, almost a white-out. A few minutes later the power flickered. Then again. It did it four times in all. I decided to stay for more coffee and work on the crossword.
The next time I looked outside it was bright and sunny, so I headed home. The wind was blowing at gale force levels and walking was trickier. It got trickier still as the plummeting temperature got cold enough that all of the water on the sidewalks froze. Suddenly I was walking on ice with gusts of wind trying to blow me over.
By the time I got home, I felt like I'd run a marathon.
So, I don't plan to head out again today, if I don't haveta.
I started feeling some cabin fever this morning, so I decided to head out for breakfast. I knew they had said there would be freezing rain by the afternoon, but hoped I could beat it.
When I fetched the morning paper, it was snowing lightly, but the newspaper was caked with ice, which was a clue.
By the time I was ready to head out (after showering, reading comics and LJ, drinking some coffee, etc) it was raining and there was an inch of slush on the plaza outside our door. I grabbed the umbrella and headed out.
By the time I was halfway to Chenoy's (a 10-minute walk) it was so windy that I had to put away the umbrella. Within another block the rain had turned to sleet and then to ice pellets. Crossing the road was exciting because there were huge puddles of semi-liquid slush everywhere and the passing cars were drenching the sidewalks.
Once in Chenoy's and happily eating, I looked out the window and there appeared to be driving snow, almost a white-out. A few minutes later the power flickered. Then again. It did it four times in all. I decided to stay for more coffee and work on the crossword.
The next time I looked outside it was bright and sunny, so I headed home. The wind was blowing at gale force levels and walking was trickier. It got trickier still as the plummeting temperature got cold enough that all of the water on the sidewalks froze. Suddenly I was walking on ice with gusts of wind trying to blow me over.
By the time I got home, I felt like I'd run a marathon.
So, I don't plan to head out again today, if I don't haveta.
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Date: 2006-02-17 06:49 pm (UTC)I blame it on the Russians experimenting with climate control weapons of mass distraction.
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Date: 2006-02-17 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-02-21 07:01 am (UTC)I just realized how very close you must live to me. Astonishing. Hooray for the metageography of the interwebs!