Author: The Jody

I didn’t actually handle the shovelling duties, so I’m not sure what we got, exactly. However, the very same weather website that yesterday said 6-10 inches? This morning I read “Total storm accumulations 12-18 inches.” So I wasn’t so far off with my “ha ha they stink” comment about accuracy yesterday. 6-10 is not the same as 12-18. I’m just saying.

Poor little spring birdies are all atwitter at the sudden dumping of snow in these parts. I saw a couple of them struggling on my birdfeeder and realized that they’d cleaned it out. So now the feeder is refilled, and hopefully my little feathered friends won’t feel the need to head back south. The snow is icky and a pain, but it will disappear fairly quickly. One hopes.

My headcold (a mild one) travelled to my chest last night. So far, I can deal with it, and it hasn’t destroyed my voice. Yet. I play to drink lots of fluids and take things easy. I’d like this to be GONE.

Can I just vent here? So we’re expecting a snow storm. 2-4 inches by tonight, a total of 10 or so overall. We all know that means we could get a dusting to 2 feet of snow, because accuracy is an art form the local forecasters have yet to master.

Anyway, I got to work at the regular time, and headed for my regular parking space, which is in a fairly undesirable part of the parking garage, as far from the door as possible. I do that to make myself walk that much extra getting to and from the building.

When I normally get to work, there are maybe 5-8 other cars in that area. It’s as close to an assigned space as you can get.

Until today. Damned if ALL THAT SECTION of the area isn’t full of people who decided to avoid the snow by parking in the garage. And yes, I know it isn’t MY parking garage, but please, I have parked there every day since last June! I have EARNED a space in that area! It’s a danged good thing there was a space available, not in the exact area, but close.

But I think it stinks that people can freak and force out the regulars. Booger heads.

Look, I’m mundane. Deal.

So there’s a winter storm watch in effect for tomorrow night through Wednesday. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW!

Words cannot express how much I am NOT thrilled. And I’m telling you, this just proves that there is a connection between Junior riding his bike and snow. Two Sundays ago he rode for the first time without training wheels and boom, snowed enough the next day to blanket the lawn (not so much the roads). And then white-out flurries on Friday.

So then he rode again this weekend because it warmed up and almost all the snow was melted… and now 6 to 8 inches are predicted. Actually, last night the Yahoo weather forecast had us down for snow on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Lord knows how much, but that’s beside the point.

On our way to Jordan’s Furniture to go to their Imax theater (yes, for you out-of-towners, it is in fact the coolest furniture store ever – unlike the Boston Museum of Science, this one has a concession stand. 3D movies AND movie popcorn…and the soda fountain serves Barq’s. It is nirvana) we heard the “concert alarm” for 104.5 so Mr. Dump and I dug out our cell phones and got dialing. All weekend if you were the right caller, you got Sting’s newest CD and a chance to win front row seats to his concert at the Orpheum tonight. I saw sting a whole bunch of years ago at the Centrum with my friend Dave and it was UNBELIEVABLE. I really really wanted these front row tickets.

So me on my T-Mobile, him on his AT&T – I only got busy signals and he was caller 6, 10 and 14! Cripes, does the phone company play favorites? So he won the free CD, but this morning someone else won the front row seats. I hope she goes, cause if those seats remain empty I’ll be one unhappy person.