At first, but now – when I started writing this, Saturday, Groundhogs Day – all of a sudden we’re thawing. I got back last Sunday around 4:00 in the afternoon. The kids had already had a snow day on the Wednesday prior, and more snow was on the way. The airlines sent me a bunch … [Read more…]
We’re off to Seattle where it’ll be 45° and rainy, leaving Wisconsin where it’s 35° and rainy. We’ve been having a warm, snowless, winter. Things started off with cold and some snow in November, but around Christmas it got mild. Just another addition to what has surely been a difficult year. Not so much for … [Read more…]
How does this happen, I think I am writing more, and then I look back at postings and I haven’t done anything for almost a week. I got a new iPhone on Thursday and I’ve been getting all my apps and preferences back to what I’m used to, so I guess I could say that’s … [Read more…]
No grilling. No parties or friends over. No biking. Lots of rain, and flash flood warnings, and sopping up the basement on Friday night. Now they say we’re under an areal flood warning – I guess that’s when there might be flooding due to slow seepage, instead of flash. On Friday I left work early, … [Read more…]
So on my side of town, we got the most rain on Monday. About three inches here, that all came down between 4:00 and 5:30, and then again between 8:00 and 10:00 p.m. Resulting in about 30 gallons of water in my basement that I sucked up with the shop vac, and sopped up with … [Read more…]
I’ve been going around in a black cloud for most of this week, worrying about money, primarily. And I know, I know, these are all problems of privilege – I am fortunate to have all this stuff to worry about. I remember being at the courthouse for something related to my second foster kid, with … [Read more…]
So, just 2 weeks ago Saturday, the high was 54°, and one week ago it was blissful 72°. Today the high is predicted to be 89°, but I bet it goes higher than that, because yesterday it was 90°. Mark’s got the AC on upstairs and I don’t blame him. I don’t even get my … [Read more…]
… When it’s trying to be spring, and I’m just not ready. And, the last few years, I feel like, “Wait a minute we haven’t even really had winter yet, how can it be spring?” I first remember really feeling this way, not ready for spring but without the guilt about not having had winter … [Read more…]
As far as I know, both Sun Prairie Jimmy, and Punxatawney Phil (the real groundhog as far as a Pittsburgh girl like me is concerned) predicted six more weeks of winter on February 2nd. But here we are on March 3, a mere four weeks later, and it kind of seems like winter is over. … [Read more…]
The New Yorker sent out an advance look of next week’s cover, and it pretty much sums up how I feel. Thanks to Roz Chast. I feel like I’ve been holed up at work, trying to get my classes up and running, not even going for walks. The weather has been unpleasant for the most … [Read more…]