Is Today Really Friday?

.......because it feels like a Monday!

I was a little late dragging myself out of bed this morning. It was warm and cozy in bed while it was windy outside with a frosty clear blue sky that is showing no sign of clouds or bad weather. Who wants to get out of a warm cozy bed at 6am when it is so cold outside? When I finally got on the road to work, the traffic was a little heavier than normal. I guess the roads were filled with people headed out to the grocery store, but more on that later. At least I still got to work before 8am today. It wasn't the 7:30am goal that I've had all week, but I'm still doing much better by arriving earlier each morning than I did last year.

Believe it or not, I was the first one to arrive at work this morning. I went to the kitchen, got myself a cup of hot chocolate, sat down at my overflowing desk and got ready to start my busy day. I turned on the computer only to find that the network drives were not connecting and the only thing I had was access to the Internet. While that was a good thing for blog reading, it was bad for a productive workday. So, the other girls in the office and I stood around and talked while we waited for our computer guru to arrive. By 9am everything was up and running again. In some ways I'm glad, but I would have really liked a few more minutes to catch up with my Google Reader this morning.

The main reason that I'm glad everything is up and running is because we are supposed to have a large snow event tonight and tomorrow. We are under a "Winter Weather Advisory" here in the Mid-Atlantic with projected snowfalls anywhere from 1" to 12" depending on which weather forecast you listen too. Me? Well, I don't believe the hype since I haven't really experienced a good snowfall since 1980 when there were 12' drifts on the side of our house. I'm just taking a "wait and see" attitude about the whole thing. I don't plan on rushing the grocery store on the way home since we have bread and Pb&j for sandwiches. We also have some soup and a few other essentials to keep us for a day or so. Plus, the corner drug store and the the grocery store are not that far away and if we can't drive, we can certainly walk since we live close enough to the main road. (Not only that, but there is a hospital across the street and we could always try to eat in their cafeteria if we had to!)

However, since I am supposed to be at work tomorrow, I'm taking some precautions. First off I must say that I don't mind driving in snowy conditions, but I do mind the fact that other drivers act like crazy lunatics in snowy and icy conditions. Around here we don't get much in the way of snow and ice so when we do, people go crazy. So, I'm going to take home as much work as I can tonight. That way if things really are bad this weekend then I can sit in my cozy home and I can stay off the roads. Of course, this will mean much more stitching time since there is only so much work that I can do from home! I'll try to keep you updated on the weather and I promise to share pictures if it does snow.

Speaking of stitching, there was absolutely none done last night, so no pictures. We went over to the MIL's house for dinner. Meatloaf, corn pudding, string bean salad and red velvet cake for dessert. Yum, yum! And, of course, she sent us home with leftover meatloaf and corn pudding. I can't wait to dig into that this weekend (hopefully while sitting home and watching the snow fall)!!!

Happy Stitching!