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First Big Snow of the Season


Today was the first big snow of the season, and Chicago failed the test. That being how traffic handles the snow and how well the plows clear the streets. I took the day off from work to go shopping with a couple friends. We were out in Rockford today. One friend lives in the town next to Rockford, called Belvidere. I left her house in Belvidere at about 2:45pm this afternoon. We figured, with the snow, we'd allow 2 hours, just in case, so I could drop my other friend off at her house by 5pm. Well! We got to her house about 4:30 maybe? I can't remember the exact time. I left her house and started my long ass trip home. Normally, the drive would take 30-45 minutes, depending on traffic. Tonight, it took almost 2-1/2 hours. Every road I took hadn't been plowed yet, and traffic was at a dead crawl. I am so glad to be home right now. And with all this snow, maybe only 5 inches, I will have to get up at 5am, go outside at about 6am and start clearing off my car, so I can leave by 6:30 at the latest to try to get to work by 8. Thank goodness tomorrow is Friday and I can dress in jeans and sneakers!

Just a Quick Post


I'm heading to bed, had to read emails and catch up on blogs, and couldn't do all that until after I watched part 2 of The Triangle, a mini series on SciFi. Almost freaked me out on the plane today, cause I was remembering images from the first episode last night.

I flew down to Indianapolis today to go visit a customer. Nice visit. I've been there once before, but it was nice to go see the buyer again. And I got to see a couple pieces of steel that they've been having problems with. I knew what the problem was, but I wanted to see what it actually looked like to them. Flew back this evening, and since I don't fly much in the winter, I think this is the first time I've ever actually been on a plane that I knew was being de-iced. It was interesting to watch, lol. I think the plane held 40 people total, and I was in seat 1A, so I got off first! Wooo Hooo! ! !

Friggin airport, couldn't let us park in the parking garage on one of the coldest f***ing days of the year, NOOOO, we had to park in the outside lot, and walk OUTSIDE to get to the terminal! And the WIND! OMG! Overnight temps are supposed to be around 0F with a windchill of -15F. I'm not even going to attempt a conversion for Kerry, lmao.

Back to work tomorrow, then off on Thursday to go shopping with a couple friends, then back to work on Friday, crazy week! LOL

It's FRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDAY! ! ! ! !


What a nice day it was! I got out of work early, so I could come home and get ready for my "Holiday Dinner." Damn thing was 45 miles one way, took me an hour and a half to get there! Of course that was during rush hour too, plus one accident along the way.

Dinner was very nice. I had filet mignon, green beans, mashed potatoes, some kind of creamy shrimp soup, hearts of romaine ceasar salad (two pieces of lettuce 6 inches long with ceasar dressing drizzled on top), and OMG this cheesecake for dessert! It was like a mint flavor cheesecake, and a firm coating of chocolate all around it. That was the best part of the meal, lol

I don't know if I'll get any pictures of me in my outfit, only 2-3 were taken with me in them (I think), if I get any of them digitally, if they show the outfit at all, I'll send them to you.

I only had one glass of wine with dinner, drank water and diet pepsi the rest of the time. Traffic was much better coming home, it only took me 45 minutes or so to get home. And just as I was about to turn onto my street, I see the first snowflakes falling, so my timing was perfect. I ended up not driving in any snow, lol.

Now that I have this stupid song in my head (me? I'm a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance, and I dance dance dance.) Kerry will know what I'm talking about, lmao

Quick and Painless


Is that what the dentist said to Kerry tonight? LMAO

Busy day today! It's end of month AGAIN! Seems like I just went through all this, and now I'm doing it again, lol. Ran some errands on the way home from work today...stopped at the post office to get stamps, got gas for my car (gas is getting cheaper and cheaper, wooo hoooo 2.14/gallon), and picked up some dry cleaning. Tomorrow night (Friday) is my "Holiday Dinner." Guess it's not being called a Christmas Dinner, because we have so many Japanese people in the office, and I just bet some of them aren't Christians, lol.

So I had this outfit for oh at least three years and never wore it, lmao. I LOVED the outfit in the store, but the pants were too long. I bought it anyway, and just never got around to having the pants hemmed. Well, since it was suggested that I reconsider going to the Holiday Dinner, I figured now was a great time to hem the pants and wear this outfit. The pants are all black, real soft material. The top is button all the way down, it's like a jacket, goes down past my hips, it's tan in the front and black in the back, with this blacked stitched flower or something on the front. I think it looks very nice on me, perfect for this dinner, which we've been told is business formal. Black flats with the outfit, and I'm all set.

Now I'm just hoping that the snow really does hold off until after midnight so I can get home from this dinner beforehand. And since I'm going to the dinner, I get off work at 2pm tomorrow!!! Gives me a chance to come home, shower, shave, get all spruced up, grab a little snack since dinner won't be until 7pm and I'll be starving by then, lol.

I had bills to pay tonight, had two episodes of Days to watch (one of which had no sound so it only took 7-8 minutes to fast-forward through it, lol), watched ER, typed up this, and now I'm going to bed. Hope everyone else sleeps as well as I'm going to tonight!