Snow, damnit!

Alright, before all of you start to call those cool guys with the leet straight jackets let me explain. I am going to visit the 'rents in Washington state over the holiday break. I go there for two reasons. One of which is to see the parents, friends, other family members, oh and someone else this year... But more importantly I need to get my snow quota for the year. I grew up in Washington state, where we get 3-4 months of snow and as far as I recollect we never had a Christmas that was not white, with like a foot or more of snow.

Well, this year Spokane had 3-6 inches of snow for the last month, up until about last week when it started to rain. This is the second year that it was raining instead of snowing leading up to Christmas, and I m sick of it. I would like to blame the self proclaimed Harbinger Of Doom but it happened last year as well as this year, so I don't think it is (completely) his fault.

At any rate, I am tired of this lack of snow over the holidays, so I am making a simple demand of the Spokane area weather people. Either stockpile the snow that you get every year over thanksgiving, or simply move the entire city about 60 miles north. I guess we could just fill in the entire town and build the entire city about 2000 feet higher than its current elevation, that wouldn't be so bad either.

I think these are rather simple demands, as all I want is some snow while I am home for the holidays. How had is it to make that happen!!?!

Game On!

Feeling No Pain...

4 weeks ago I broke my little toe. It is still broken and I realize this every time I sit on it, or have it brush up against something.

I just 1.5x paid my mortgage (full payment for December, and the half payment scheduled for January)

It is 8:30 on a Friday night, I'm at work, and it isn't even my first night to be at work at this hour (nor my second).

I'm on a diet, and not able to eat the foods I like.

I had to review a report (of a person that makes significantly more money than I do) that could have been written by a 3rd grader (who is bad at grammar AND math), and essentially had to review every step of the analysis, making no assumptions. (I got in trouble after reviewing it assuming he knew how to add 137 + 128*1.25 IN EXCEL).

The Union is still striking, and as the holidays approach it is more than likely to get violent.

All of these things would cause a normal individual pain. Me? I am feeling no pain. My life is great. Why? Someone special has been emailing me atleast twice a day. Calls do not happen much, but an email a day keeps the pain away.

I won't get into details here (out of consideration for her) but everything is flying along. And to top it off, I get to see her when I go home for the holidays. But I will say, she made an off the wall comment about wanting a vacation...

Really... !!!

First website I visited after reading this: Orbitz.com. But I don't even know if we are serious yet, but she has been playing all around that topic about being serious. Basically the only reason holding me back, she's still married. Not that anything is going to happen, I just want to offer her a vacation, and what better place than Tucson!!?! Anyway, if anyone is still reading this, let me know what you think I should do.

Game On!