It's quiet...
Dec. 15th, 2008 01:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sinanjuAs a result of Portland's "snow emergency" (by which I mean an inch or two of snow, admittedly over a little ice) yesterday, the Portland Public Schools are closed today. Which means, since we follow the schools, my employer is closed today. So I'm at home.
My poor wife did have to go to work today. Which, as she tells me, "Is why I get the big money." I, on the other hand, work for a non-profit. They don't pay as well, but there are compensations. One of which is a much greater likelihood of getting snow days (when they happen, which isn't every year)--I don't think my wife has ever gotten a snow day. If so, only once, maybe twice.
She took the bus in, rather than try to drive. It was a lot less difficult than she feared it might be. The bus was in sight when she reached the bus stop and mostly empty. (As opposed to so full she had to wait for the next one, or just moving out of sight, as is often the case.) Driving tomorrow should be fun. All the traffic will have churned up the snow on the streets and the frigid weather should make sure it turns into ice tonight. Whee! And a forecast of more snow on Wednesday. (Which I will take more seriously, since I didn't believe for a moment that we'd get snow this weekend despite the forecast...and I was wrong.)
I've built a fire in the woodstove in the living room to save on using the gas-fired furnace. I haven't built nearly as many fires in it as my lovely and talented wife, but I managed. It's going very well now and it's quite warm by the stove. Not so much over here at my computer (by a window). But success is mine! Kinda. The thermometer says its 64 degrees inside, and 28 degrees outside. Not so bad, but a little chillier than I like. But give it some time and the woodstove (and ceiling fan) should warm the house up a bit more.
Twoson, who braved the ice and snow and dark last night, towing his computer on a sled behind him, only recently returned from an overnight LAN party at a nearby friend's house. I imagine he didn't get much sleep. My first clue is that he's lying as dead on the sofa in front of the fire....
My poor wife did have to go to work today. Which, as she tells me, "Is why I get the big money." I, on the other hand, work for a non-profit. They don't pay as well, but there are compensations. One of which is a much greater likelihood of getting snow days (when they happen, which isn't every year)--I don't think my wife has ever gotten a snow day. If so, only once, maybe twice.
She took the bus in, rather than try to drive. It was a lot less difficult than she feared it might be. The bus was in sight when she reached the bus stop and mostly empty. (As opposed to so full she had to wait for the next one, or just moving out of sight, as is often the case.) Driving tomorrow should be fun. All the traffic will have churned up the snow on the streets and the frigid weather should make sure it turns into ice tonight. Whee! And a forecast of more snow on Wednesday. (Which I will take more seriously, since I didn't believe for a moment that we'd get snow this weekend despite the forecast...and I was wrong.)
I've built a fire in the woodstove in the living room to save on using the gas-fired furnace. I haven't built nearly as many fires in it as my lovely and talented wife, but I managed. It's going very well now and it's quite warm by the stove. Not so much over here at my computer (by a window). But success is mine! Kinda. The thermometer says its 64 degrees inside, and 28 degrees outside. Not so bad, but a little chillier than I like. But give it some time and the woodstove (and ceiling fan) should warm the house up a bit more.
Twoson, who braved the ice and snow and dark last night, towing his computer on a sled behind him, only recently returned from an overnight LAN party at a nearby friend's house. I imagine he didn't get much sleep. My first clue is that he's lying as dead on the sofa in front of the fire....