Tripping Out

As you probably noticed (and I kind of hope you did, because that means you like me), I didn't post anything on Friday. I had something written and had planned on posting it Thursday night after my husband and I arrived in Kentucky.

Yep, I took another trip with him. We were supposed to go there the Thursday before, but forecast called for significant snow, so he cancelled the trip and rescheduled for the following Thursday. And it was a good thing he had. Schools were closed. The plant was closed. It was pretty miserable out there.

Since that weekend, the weather had gotten warm. Sixty-degree warm (yeah, I was loving that). My husband checked the weather for Thursday – several times, mind you (because let's face it – it's winter and anything can happen). Forecast called for flurries. Okay, he could deal with that. He asked if I still wanted to go. I did. So he picked me up on the way to his class (he still had to teach and it was on the way). It was snowing.

Okay, no biggie. We kind of expected as much.

At 7:45 pm he was ready to leave. It was still snowing in Dayton, but nothing in Mt. Sterling. Figured, once he got on the freeway, it would be better. It wasn't. What happened to the flurries? I-675 was practically a disaster (couldn't even see the divider lines). I-75 wasn't much better.

He couldn't cancel his trip. The plant had been begging him to come down (and with his teaching, he can only make it there on Fridays). So we continued onward (thank goodness I didn't have to drive).

We passed many accidents on the north bound side of the freeway, but managed to avoid them on our side (traffic stopped once, but figured someone – a truck – had trouble making it up the hill since we never saw any vehicles on the side of the road and the same thing happened on the north bound side as we were going down the hill).

The thing that really got us, though, was the traffic. This was a Thursday night. After 10 pm. In the snow. I don't usually see that much traffic on the weekend in summer. What the heck were they doing out? And the trucks! You'd think they'd slow down (one jack-knifed under an over-pass and blocked all lanes of traffic – thank goodness it seemed he was alone and hadn't hit anyone; thank goodness it was on the other side of the freeway). I'm surprised we made it in one piece.

Of course, we didn't arrive in Mt. Sterling until after 1:00 am (over 2 hours later than we planned). And we brought the snow with us – I don't think it stopped once during the whole trip. Needless to say, I didn't have a chance to post my blog, or check my mail, because we were back on the road by 6:30 am for another 90-minute drive (via two-lane, snow-covered mountain roads – flurries my a$$) to West Liberty, where the plant there doesn't have guest internet access.

And no, I DO NOT want to hear I wouldn't have that problem if I had a smart phone. DO NOT, I tell you! J

It sure was pretty down there, though. Cold (single digits anyone?), but pretty.

So, anything exciting happen in your neck of the woods?

And before I leave, I want to wish my son a HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow (not that he reads this, but just in case…).

Have a good day!

 

Ranting - Or Not

I always thought I'd treat this blog as my diary, but I realized I can't do that. I can't rant about things that can come back and bite me in the butt. Oh sure, I can rant about my writing, except I love to write and there isn't much to rant about. But rant about the query process? No way. Rant about the paying job? Uhhh, nope.

But I can rant about the traffic, which is the pits at the I-75 and US-35 interchange. Lanes moved/shifted, which is always a problem. And bringing four lanes down to two doesn't help matters, either. If I could find a way around the problem, that didn't add more time than waiting through all that crap, I would (but then, so would everyone else, right?). My 30-minute drive into work turned into an hour today. I hope that's not a sign of things to come.

Some good news – and a reason I stay at the paying job: We bought a new refrigerator and it was delivered yesterday. I have to say, it's a LOT bigger than my older one. And I got it in black (thinking it would look smaller??). We'll have to get used to it for sure. Just not used to seeing this big black behemoth in my kitchen. But one thing that is awesome about this new appliance – the reflection on the shiny front makes me look super skinny! I will enjoy that until I cover it up with my magnets. Or fingerprints.

Aside from a job I wish I didn't need – and the trip I have to take to get there – everything is peachy-keen! (Do you hear sarcasm in that remark? You should).

At least the weather has decided to be good for a change. And I will be watching "Captain America" tonight with my son & husband. How is it in your neck of the woods?