“Well, the official report says 15 inches of snow — we got at least a foot here and are pretty much snowed in for the day. The snow is piled halfway up the railing on the back porch so I can’t even get the door open. David went to work last night at 5:00 and the theatre closed at 10:00 — he couldn’t get his car out because it had snowed so much since 5:00, so called home and said he was going to walk home. Dad told him that we would come get him, but we couldn’t get Dad’s car out. First it got stuck against the curb and we dug it out, then it slid and almost hit the streetlight pole and was perpendicular in the street. With some neighbors’ help, he got it back against the curb so it wouldn’t get hit and one of the neighbors with a 4-wheel drive SUV took me up to Park Road to pick up David. When Dad tried to get out at 2:00 AM, he ended up parking the car a couple houses down the street. Sue (his boss) picked him up in her SUV and just brought him home. Only 6 carriers were able to get in, so most papers were not delivered.”
I got that email from my mom this morning. Wow. Charlotte just got their biggest snowfall since I was 9 (almost 10) years old. And I’m stuck in Houston, where it never ever ever snows. It’s not that I’m a huge fan of snow or anything, but it’d be nice to see every once in a while. Without having to leave the city, that is.
I’m currently in a “virtual waiting room” where customers are being randomly selected to buy Cubs tickets. It is very strange, I’ve never seen something like this before. A virtual waiting room. Hmm. We haven’t even worked out the details of the trip yet, or thought about buying plane tickets, but the Cubs game we definitely want to see is against the Astros (popular division rivalry) and on Memorial Day. Tickets just went on sale online at 10:00 (you could get wristbands at 8 if you are actually in Chicago), so I guess there is high demand. Hopefully this virtual waiting room thing will let me through soon. It keeps counting down 30 seconds and then refreshing itself, only to count down another 30 seconds, and repeat. It also says that “internet customers that use computer based scripting language will have all potential orders cancelled.” And I can only buy four. Man. They don’t mess around.
Last night Jen taped “The Apprentice” during our Yuri’s Night meeting, and we all watched it after we finished. I am so addicted to that show. Last week it dawned on me that Amy is the only person left who hasn’t lost a challenge yet. And her team won again last night. She’s the secret to winning! Trump should just pick her and fire everyone else. In any case, when the show is finally over, I’ll certainly miss the Friday morning pow-wow that George and I always have to discuss the previous night’s show.
Still stuck in the virtual waiting room. I wonder how long this will last.
Our Yuri’s Night webpage got 70 hits yesterday after getting linked to from the JSC homepage. And it was in JSC Today (a center-wide email) today and has already gotten 96 hits this morning! No one has signed up for the race yet, but we have 14 people signed up with just over a month to go, so I’m feeling good. Runners always sign up at the last minute.
