My plane to Seattle for New Year's is delayed 71 minutes. This is the second delay and hopefully the last. Truthfully I've got all night so it doesn't really matter when I get there but the sooner I see Nathan the better. I got extremely used to having him around for two weeks straight and being apart after that is no fun.
I took Scrappy to be boarded today while I'm gone over New Year's. He was all excited because he knew we were going somewhere. But I don't think he knew I was leaving him there for 5 days. He is a good dog and loves new things and new people so I know he will be absolutely fine. But I did cry. I think the man who was checking us in knew that I was getting emotional so he made it really quick and took him without giving me a chance to break down. I walked quickly out the door and tears began to stream down my face. I don't know why I was so torn up about it, he's a DOG. But he really has become my baby...my little shadow. And I hate leaving him. I paid extra for him to get two individualized walks a day and to get all groomed and pretty before I pick him up.
The people were really nice so I know it'll be good. I'm trying not to think about it because I just get a big pit in my stomach of guilt. We just don't know many people here who can have dogs at their houses and in fact, no one is in town anyway since it's Christmas break still...
I think we've decided to get a fairly inexpensive dinner (not The Melting Pot's $78/person like we were considering before) tonight and then just watch movies at home with a little champagne to kick off the new year. Then we'll use the money we saved to get massages on Friday...Woot! Nathan will be working most of Friday so I plan to do some New Year shopping and just relax before I start back up with my last two quarters of school. Yay!
31 December, 2008
18 December, 2008
winter wonderland
Well...definitely a snow day here! If you're watching the news you'll see Spokane is setting records with 17 inches of snow in 24 hours. I'd guess we're near 20-25 now. My office is closed, actually nearly every place in Spokane is closed. They said on the news today that the highway patrol does not want to see any cars on the highway.
My dad called this morning and said some chains for my car were on hold for me at Les Schwab, his treat. That was very nice as we were just talking about how we'd better buy some since we're planning to trek home to Montana tomorrow. Nathan and I tag-team shoveled the driveway (we only have one shovel) and managed to get out and to Les Schwab. Our street hasn't been plowed for a while so we were pretty lucky to make it out and around without getting stuck. I did learn from last year's winter in Spokane that I must always carry a shovel around with me as Spokane does not do a very good job prevent people from getting stuck. All I can say is thank God for four wheel drive and an SUV. I'd be in big trouble if I drove a little car!
Nathan got a company-wide e-mail today saying that as per the inclement weather policy at Expedia, all employees are advised to work from home today, due to the 2-6 INCHES of snow Seattle is expecting...I just had to laugh. Poor Seattle needs to learn to work through the snow...we have 2 FEET here! I'm thinking when I move to Seattle I may find myself the only one at work on "snow days" as I will be confused as to why no one else is "braving" the roads...Silly Seattlites.
I wish I could take some pictures but I left my camera at my parents house over Thanksgiving.
We're supposed to have our work Christmas party tomorrow afternoon but I'm worrying it may be cancelled. If it is we'll try to get a head start on the drive home...although right now they aren't really letting anyone cross the state lines so who knows. We may have a little adventure ahead of us! We are bringing all of our ski stuff home so we are guaranteed to have a car full of warm clothes!
My dad called this morning and said some chains for my car were on hold for me at Les Schwab, his treat. That was very nice as we were just talking about how we'd better buy some since we're planning to trek home to Montana tomorrow. Nathan and I tag-team shoveled the driveway (we only have one shovel) and managed to get out and to Les Schwab. Our street hasn't been plowed for a while so we were pretty lucky to make it out and around without getting stuck. I did learn from last year's winter in Spokane that I must always carry a shovel around with me as Spokane does not do a very good job prevent people from getting stuck. All I can say is thank God for four wheel drive and an SUV. I'd be in big trouble if I drove a little car!
Nathan got a company-wide e-mail today saying that as per the inclement weather policy at Expedia, all employees are advised to work from home today, due to the 2-6 INCHES of snow Seattle is expecting...I just had to laugh. Poor Seattle needs to learn to work through the snow...we have 2 FEET here! I'm thinking when I move to Seattle I may find myself the only one at work on "snow days" as I will be confused as to why no one else is "braving" the roads...Silly Seattlites.
I wish I could take some pictures but I left my camera at my parents house over Thanksgiving.
We're supposed to have our work Christmas party tomorrow afternoon but I'm worrying it may be cancelled. If it is we'll try to get a head start on the drive home...although right now they aren't really letting anyone cross the state lines so who knows. We may have a little adventure ahead of us! We are bringing all of our ski stuff home so we are guaranteed to have a car full of warm clothes!
01 December, 2008
the case of the vanishing garbage can
The town we live in gets very windy at random times of the day. Our's is a new development so there are no mature trees, just little ones held up by posts in everyone's front yard. In this town we all buy our own little garbage cans and the garbage man picks them up one by one and dumps them into his truck. Where I come from the can is huge, provided by the county and the truck has prongs on it to hoist it into the back...all without the garbage man ever getting out. But here it's different.
So anyway, I purchased a nice can from WalMart when we moved here and watched the process play itself out. All went well until our empty garbage can started blowing away as the wind picked up. Since the garbage man comes in the morning and we don't get home until evening, the can sits empty on the street for quite a few hours, just waiting for the wind to blow it away. I have spent many Monday nights searching for it and hauling it back home.
About 2 months ago though it blew away and never came back. I drove around looking for our missing can and never found it. So, we began with a new one and looked down the street every garbage day, wondering if someone had found our can and made it their own.
This morning I started hauling our new can out for garbage day. Halfway down the driveway I noticed a can already on the curb, right in our spot. It was our old can! Lid and all! I ran up to it, took off the lid and found it was full. Strange. I looked around to see if maybe the neighbors had maybe gotten the same one and accidently put it in our spot...Nope, definitely our's.
I decided not to put our other can out because I'd end up paying double for 2 cans. It's not a big charge but our other one was barely full so I opted to wait.
But now I'm curious what happened. I think it's someone else's garbage...If our's was in there for 2 months I would have probably fallen over from the smell and this one wasn't too bad. I only remember seeing Arrowhead brand water bottles in the can...I don't buy them but maybe my roommate does. I would have to rifle through it to see if it was actually our garbage. I think it's someone else's but I don't know why they put it on our curb...maybe so they could have free garbage pick up this week? Who knows?
Of course my roommate believes it's our garbage and someone stole it and went through it all. I just can't live my life in that sort of fear so I've completely ruled that out as even a small possiblity...But she seems convinced. If it could be the case, which it's not, at least I shred my mail.
So anyway, I purchased a nice can from WalMart when we moved here and watched the process play itself out. All went well until our empty garbage can started blowing away as the wind picked up. Since the garbage man comes in the morning and we don't get home until evening, the can sits empty on the street for quite a few hours, just waiting for the wind to blow it away. I have spent many Monday nights searching for it and hauling it back home.
About 2 months ago though it blew away and never came back. I drove around looking for our missing can and never found it. So, we began with a new one and looked down the street every garbage day, wondering if someone had found our can and made it their own.
This morning I started hauling our new can out for garbage day. Halfway down the driveway I noticed a can already on the curb, right in our spot. It was our old can! Lid and all! I ran up to it, took off the lid and found it was full. Strange. I looked around to see if maybe the neighbors had maybe gotten the same one and accidently put it in our spot...Nope, definitely our's.
I decided not to put our other can out because I'd end up paying double for 2 cans. It's not a big charge but our other one was barely full so I opted to wait.
But now I'm curious what happened. I think it's someone else's garbage...If our's was in there for 2 months I would have probably fallen over from the smell and this one wasn't too bad. I only remember seeing Arrowhead brand water bottles in the can...I don't buy them but maybe my roommate does. I would have to rifle through it to see if it was actually our garbage. I think it's someone else's but I don't know why they put it on our curb...maybe so they could have free garbage pick up this week? Who knows?
Of course my roommate believes it's our garbage and someone stole it and went through it all. I just can't live my life in that sort of fear so I've completely ruled that out as even a small possiblity...But she seems convinced. If it could be the case, which it's not, at least I shred my mail.
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