Floating Leaf

Mother Nature is still playing cat & mouse with me, making me feel like my period has already started - only to pull back an hour or so later, turning it into a false alarm. I hate when that happens. I was hoping I would not have to call in sick to work this time, since it has been "already starting" since yesterday - but no such luck, it seems. And I have already taken two days off this month... *sigh* (My total of available vacation/sick and personal days for the year is 24 - and taking into account that I usually need one every month when my period hits, there isn't much of actual "vacation" at my disposal at all...)

Anyway... I will probably crash in a few hours, but for now, I am still more or less in working order, and I don't even have to cook, since I did that last night. Which, of course, means that I can post.:) And I just randomly thought of the long-forgotten 30-day meme.:D Which, in my case, looks more like a 30-year meme, since the latest installment I posted was in October 2011 (and I wrote a total of THREE installments that year). Oh well. That probably tells you something about the typical speed with which I go about things.;) So if you're a "fast-paced" kind of person, you'd probably do well not to waste your time with me. Which, in that case, you most likely aren't doing anyway.:P

But back to the meme. If you have no clue what the whole thing is about, click on the tag at the bottom of this post to see previous entries. You are also heartily welcome to "steal" the meme, since I would love to read other poeple's responses to it. Meanwhile, though, here's my next entry:

( Day 08 - A moment, in great detail )

There is a raging blizzard outside. It's supposed to keep raging throughout the Midwest until tomorrow afternoon, at least. My workplace closed early today, and they have already sent out a voicemail to all employees anouncing that it will also be closed tomorrow. Now, this is no small potatoes. Our office is never closed. The lady who retired last year told me once that in all 30+ years she had worked there, this happened maybe once or twice. So I am still in a state of mild shock over this... lol. As well as IMMENSELY relieved that I DO NOT have to go outside tomorrow. My windows are rattling something fierce right now. I took public transportation to work today, because the thought of driving in a blizzard was giving me hives - and let me just tell you that the commute back home wasn't fun. If I were just a few pounds lighter, I might have accidentally learned to fly on my way from the bus stop.;) But I think I made it before the worst of the storm. There's not a living soul to be seen outside by now. I think pretty much all the schools/businesses in the area will be closed tomorrow - including the O'Hare airport (I know, because a coworker's husband works there). I'm not sure about grocery stores - but luckily I don't have to visit one until next weekend. The one thing I'm worried about is a possible power outage - but my heating is not electric, so even if I do lose power, at least I will not freeze to death (there is a major Arctic front expected tomorrow, in addition to the storm). Which is definitely a comforting thought. *shivers*

Now, the question is whether I will be able to use my car on Thursday morning. It's out there on the street, covered in snow, and will most likely be a frozen little pile of junk metal by then. Not that I necessarily want to be driving it on icy roads either - but if it doesn't start/gets stuck in the snow etc., I will have a problem. God, I so want that car off my hands, I can't even. *sigh*

Anyway... since I'm here and my internet is still working (yay!), I might just as well do another installment of the nearly-forgotten 30-day meme.:)

( Day 06 - Your day, in great detail )

Anyone still remember that? It went around a few months ago. I don't know anyone who actually finished the whole thing... but I totally will. Like, in another year or so.:P Maybe. Anyway... because I am sluggish from TOO MUCH FOOD and have nothing relevant to say otherwise, I offer you the next installment.:)

( Day 04 - What you ate today, in great detail )

Just because I can...

( Day 02 – Your first love, in great detail )