Seriously?!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
You know what's more difficult than keeping a promise to blog every day for a month?
Keeping a promise to not complain about the weather.
Case in point - my backyard two days ago:
Same backyard, 24 hours later:
For REALS???But I promised, no complaining. Instead, how about a timeline of my day yesterday?
Commence documentary mode.
8:00 am - Leave house immediately after getting kids on bus. Since need to be home in time for bus drop-off, decide to take car to transit station. It's a bit snowy, but bus comes at 8:26 and it usually takes 10 minutes to get there, so have lots of time.
8:26 am - Barely one mile from home, travelling 10 mph down the interstate. Oh well, missed the first bus, but there's another one ten minutes later.
8:45 am - Finally make it to the transit station just in time to see second bus leave.
9:10 am - Third bus still hasn't arrived; overhear other waiting passengers comment that buses are running 1/2 hour late. Look at slow-moving traffic on interstate and realize that even if third bus arrives immediately, attendance at 10 am meeting is unlikely.
9:15 am - Attempt to leave transit station parking lot to get home. Stop to try to help push out lady driving what is essentially a Hot Wheels car with shiny no-grip tires. Try to explain what it means to "rock" a stuck vehicle and point out as gently as possible that pressing the gas pedal all the way down like that simply creates a personal skating rink.
9:17 am - Abandon Good Samaritan duties because a) wearing Slippery-Bottomed-Boots-of-Death, b) not heavy enough to get any momentum for pushing, and c) there's no way that car is getting out of there until tomorrow.
10:04 am - Back home two hours after I left, just in time to call in late for meeting.
10:15 am - Phone rings. The Husband's flight home is cancelled. Commence trying to get ahold of hapless air traveller.
12:30 pm - Finally reach husband. Inform him that the evening's
1:30-4:30 pm - Husband works airline magic and manages to beg his way onto two flights home.
6:30 pm - Husband en route home. Luggage is not.
See? No complaining. All very orderly and factual.
(Grrrr.)
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3 comments:
Love it! (the daily posts ... trying not to complain ... the Husband's efforts to make it home, for 'whatever' ...) But now I have to go plant the primroses I bought for my front planter :-)
You Vancouverites. Always mocking us with your March flowers.
Oh yeah?
I'll see your primroses and I'll raise you Netflix.
(Nothing beats that red envelope in the mailbox.)
I know, we have that reputation, don't we. If it makes you feel better, I didn't have to water my new plants since the weatherman is promising at least the next five days of rain. So my book and a cup of tea is looking good again.
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