Just wandering around the apartment, dancing to my new Dave Matthews cd (the live in Central Park album, which my parents gave me for Christmas), and waiting for the hot rollers in my hair to cool. It’s a holiday, dammit, I’m going for BIG hair. So I thought I’d take a moment to tell all of my friends and family (& whoever else is bored enough to read this) happy new year. Hope everyone has a wonderful night.
Category Archives: Current Events
snow!
I’ve been incredibly lazy since I got back from my trip, so tonight I’m feeling very proud of myself because I partially unpacked my suitcase and loaded the dishwasher. I also just took out the trash, which gave me a reason to check my mailbox, which I haven’t done in the past week since I’ve been gone. It’s been freezing cold here lately, but I have to admit that I was still pretty shocked when I walked outside with my trash tonight & saw that it was snowing. This is Seattle, it never snows here. Oh well, it’s pretty to watch, even though I know it won’t hang around for long.
wind storms
180,000 homes & businesses are without electricity right now. That’s according to the latest news on King 5. Crazy.
Today I left work early because our power went out, then drove through crazy traffic because all of the stoplights were out too. Traffic helicopters were overhead, it was kind of creepy. A few of the lights were working as I got closer to Bellevue, so I got optimistic. Then I got closer to my neighborhood & it was dark again. One of the streets leading up to my apartment was closed. I looked as I drove past & saw that a tree was in the street, and it had taken some power lines down with it. I figured that was it, there was no way I was going to have electricity when I got home. I mentally planned out my evening — light tons of candles, take a quick shower, then read by candlelight. Didn’t sound that bad, actually.
Then I got home & all my lights were on. My entire complex is fine. Don’t ask me how that happened. I’m one of the lucky ones, I guess.
180,000, though. Damn. I just can’t even fathom that. And all because of some wind.