Lunacy

I woke feeling completely rested. I felt even better than I did on Tuesday. I knew then that I had successfully beaten the cold that tried to invade my system. I was downstairs exercising just as the clock struck 5:30am. After a glance out the window, I noticed that it was snowing. It seemed to be coming down harder and harder. I find it interesting that the relatively few snow storms we’ve had this winter have all come during morning commute time. Today’s was, at least originally, only to dump upwards of an inch.

Ykraps and I enjoyed our walk. I was hopeful that he wouldn’t have any troubles. My thoughts turned to Craig & Rene who would be tending to Ykraps during our trip. I was hopeful that snow wouldn’t be too much of a problem. They’d be coming over tonight for directions/specifics. Lucky for the both of us, he did his business.

Because the temperature was in the teens, the snowfall was extra fluffy. I allowed Mindy to sleep until 6:10am when I finally delivered her coffee. I let her know that it was snowing. I went back downstairs to meditate and ready for a run. Meditation went extremely well. I dressed & left for a cold, snowy run at 6:30am. For the most part, I kept to the street. The inch of snow provided a very soft cushion. This was some of the fluffiest snow I have ever seen – no kidding! And it just kept coming. A check of the forecast just before heading out revealed they had upped the accumulation total to as much as 3 inches.

There was all of about two inches by the time I returned from my run. I shoveled the drive and a path up our walk, but there was ice underneath, so I threw out some salt too.
Mindy & Bella departed. The garage door wouldn’t go down. I waved Mindy on and grabbed my jacket and went to investigate. I got it fixed.

Meanwhile, the snow kept coming down. The flakes were gigantic and still very fluffy. I was ready to head out with Jacoby at 7:55am. Jacob walked to the bus stop. I was lagging behind warming, scraping the Trooper.

The bus was a little late, but that was to be expected. The snow kept coming down heavier and heavier. I wondered if schools should’ve closed. They didn’t. Around 8:15am I headed on into work. Traffic wasn’t too bad considering the weather. I was at work in short order, or right about 8:30am.

I had a 9am meeting set up with my boss and a 930am interview. My boss canceled due to being caught in eastbound downtown traffic. The morning drudged on and the snow kept coming down. It snowed all morning long. In fact, I left to run an errand around 12:45pm and it was still coming down. I drove to Circuit City to buy an XD memory card for my new camera. They had a 2gig card advertised on their webpage for $39. I also wanted/needed to buy a case.

I was one of only a few customers in the store. I’m sure it had as much to do with the weather as anything else. I found what I needed. I looked for a Bhangra CD, too, but they had none. I also looked for a charging cord for the MP3 player I found but they didn’t have one. Too bad. It’s a $100 player.

Back at work. I worked through the afternoon. A peer of mine left for lunch around 3pm and called short time later to report being in a rather serious car accident. Word was he was OK but his Jeep totaled. Before calling it a day I wrapped Mindy’s anniversary gift. I left for home at 5:40pm.

I arrived home around 5:50pm. Neighbor Mike the fireman was over as where his kids. I walked Ykraps almost immediately. I was surprised at how much snow we had at home. I’ll bet we got 5 inches. Again, it was the real fluffy stuff too. If nothing else, that made for easy shoveling. I did that before going in to eat dinner. Mike & the kids left just as I finished up.

No sooner did we begin eating did Craig & Rene stop over to review Ykraps detail duties. They had stopped next door to get their mail and also picked up their baby niece, whom they agreed to watch for the evening. We reviewed the details of the doggie watch plan and exchanged numbers and email addresses should anything come up.

After they left we finished our dinner. It was now almost 7:30pm. Mindy herded the kids up to ready for bed. I worked on more trip prep. It’s amazing how complicated of a traveler I’ve become with all my gadgets, chargers, and toys – not to mention my running, which requires extra thought when planning and packing. Finally, just after 8pm, we were alone. I shared with Mindy the pending lunar eclipse. I poured a Beam & Coke and then gave Mindy her anniversary gift. I thought about waiting until we were on the mountain but since she gave me mine already I felt it appropriate to give her hers. Incidentally, thank you to Jody & Larry, Craig & Jeff, as well as Gloria for the thoughtful anniversary cards.

Mindy opened her gift while I gazed skyward. The lunar eclipse just unfolding was indeed a sight to behold - the most beautiful one I’ve witnessed. It was crystal clear and icy cold. Mindy read the note I wrote first. I think that she liked it. She liked her gift, too even though it won’t actually arrive until maybe next Friday. It’s a new laptop! She’s wanted one for a while. She’s a very expensive girl, but also worth it. Hey –she reads this, too!!!! :)

We watched and photographed the eclipse as it moved from stage to stage. I was surprised at how vividly red the shadowed moon appeared. Awesome! We witnessed it at its peak and then just a bit more. We headed to bed around 10pm. I headed up feeling well accomplished this evening. Not much left to do before heading out.