The one thing I miss from being in school (the only thing actually … LOL) is the fact that they sometimes started late or dismissed early during the winter because of the weather. And sometimes they closed altogether. I wish work was like that.

Actually … it was like that today. They let us leave at 4pm. That’s the second time this winter they’ve done that. That’s nice.

WHY did they let us leave early … we’re under a blizzard warning ’til 9am Saturday morning. I’m not sure how much it’s snowed since this morning … but there’s a hell of a lot of snow on the streets and in the parking lots. There were a good few inches on my car that I had to brush off before I could leave.

Driving in town wasn’t so bad … as long as you went slow. It was a bit slippery. But I made it home without incident. Once I got home … that’s another story …

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Mood: blah

Okay … you might be thinking I’m crazy (and You May Be Right … ) saying that 37°F is a heat wave. But around here this time of year … IT IS!! Within 24 hours, the temp changed about 65°F (according to the local news). Yesterday morning, it was around -25° here in Fargo, and Embarass, MN had a low of -54° (and they even made national news for it). Today’s high temp was 37°. THAT is definitely a change. And the 5 day forecast doesn’t have a negative sign on it anywhere. Yeah, we’ll get close to 0°, but we’ll still stay above it. Break out the shorts … LOL.

Mood: okay

I had every intention to go to visit Robin then Tim and then Mona tonite playing Santa. Ya see … Santa left some stuff for them with me.

Well … I made it to Robin’s and Tim’s. I wasn’t planning on staying to late at Robin’s. We ended up talking (and having 2 beers … ) for a hour and a half. When I got to her place at 7pm, it was still nice out. When I left at 8:30pm, it was crappy. I knew we were supposed to get some crappy weather, but I didn’t think it was coming ’til later tonite. Guess I was wrong. Damn are those streets slippery.

I did stop at Tim’s since he lives close to Robin. I didn’t stay long though ‘cuz I wanted to get home before it got worse. Obviously, didn’t make it to Mona’s. I called her after I got home and told her I’d come over tomorrow nite. It’s late anyway, and she lives over in West Fargo. I didn’t want to trek over there in this weather.

Well … my pizza rolls are done … I’m gonna go eat. I think those beers gave me the munchies … LOL.

Mood: tired

Mother nature isn’t being very nice lately (actually … I think she was like this quite a few times this year). After being cold with frigid windchills (like -20°F or so) this past weekend, she gave us a gorgeous day today. It’s 34°F right now … not sure what the high temp was. But the next 4 days have forecasted highs of 2°, -3°, -3°, and 0°. Then we’re back to a high of 24° on Christmas. What is up with that?!? I really hate this see-saw … yo-yo … rollercoaster … whatever you wanna call it … weather. Urg … Pick something and stick with it. Don’t tease us with warm temps only to plummet again the next day. It’s just not fair I tell ya … just not fair!!

Mood: hungry

After work, I went to the mall to try to find Mom’s Christmas present. I hadn’t been lucky on Tuesday looking at Target, Walmart, Gordmans, and Kohls. I went to JCPenny’s today and found exactly what I was looking for. And it was even on sale ( … Lisa … don’t tell Mom).

Boy is it wet and slushy out. It’s been snowing most of the day today. We’re in a Winter Weather Advisory ’til 4am. It is going to get sooooo frickin’ messy out once the temp drops below freezing. It’s at 32°F right now. All that wet and slush is gonna freeze, and it’s gonna get fuckin’ icy as hell. It’s gonna be so fun driving to work in the morning … NOT!!!

Mood: lazy

I’m all alone at work right now. I’m still technically on lunch for 10 more minutes, but everyone else has left for lunch (I bring my own and eat here). I’m left manning the phones. Thank goodness it hasn’t rung yet … but now that I’ve said that, it probably will … LOL.

It’s finally snowing here. I’m not sure how much has fallen, but it’s more than I wanted to see. The ground is white now. Oh well … it’s to be expected. This is North Dakota after all.

Guess what … the phone just rang. The person said they’d call back … he didn’t want to leave a message.

Man … do I hope the rest of the day goes fast. My stomach has been bugging me all day. I was up at 1am and again around 2:30am. I don’t know if I ate too much cheese yesterday or if this is the start of me getting sick. All I know is it’s not very comfortable right now sitting at my computer. I feel like I need to punch a hole in my stomach and then everything will be all right. It’s not bad enough to go home, but it’s just bad enough to annoy the hell out of me and make me uncomfortable all day. I hope someone else gets back from lunch soon so they can man the phone and I can go to the bathroom …

Mood: sick

I got up to go to the bathroom and went to grab a kleenex from my dresser before going back to bed. My dresser is between my bed and the outside wall. Well … I stepped on soggy carpet …

My first thought was that my apartment is starting to flood from the rain. But upon inspection of the carpet in my living room and along the rest of the wall in my bedroom, I’ve discovered it’s isolated to that one spot … for now anyways. I supposed the area is around 3ft by 3ft or so. I hope it stays in that one spot. Otherwise the landlord is gonna get a call, that’s for damn sure. Now I probably won’t be able to get back to sleep ‘cuz I’ll be worried about the water getting in. It’s STILL raining outside, and there’s a big orange spot on the radar over Fargo. SHIT!! I’m glad it’s Saturday. At least I don’t have to get up for work in an hour and a half. I can sleep all day if I want too (or at least ’til noon when the Busch race starts … )

Well, I’m gonna go and inspect my carpet again and then try to go back to sleep. Cross your fingers that it doesn’t get any worse.

I took a video clip of the storm earlier tonite. It’s not the best video … I took it through my living room window. You can see the window screen. But it’s still kinda neat. And you can hear thunder too if you listen carefully (I love my camera).

You can view the video clip here (it’s embedded in the popup window). [it’s a 7 second video clip that’s 630kb]

I really hate to say this, but you’re gonna have to view the video in IE. I have no idea why, but it won’t play in Firefox or Mozilla … at least on my computer. But it does work in IE. I’m not sure if I don’t have a plugin I need or what. But I really wanted to put up the video.

Mood: chillin

I do believe that we’re undergoing a climate change. If you want any proof … here ya go …

It’s almost November and I live in North Dakota. We’ve got a thunderstorm going on as I type. Rain is pouring down and there’s thunder and lightning. I’m loving it … but that’s ‘cuz I like storms. And it’s better than a blizzard.

But the fact that we’re getting a thunderstorm and not a blizzard right before Halloween is just crazy. I’m not complaining … believe me … I’d rather have rain than snow. But it’s just not a normal occurance.

Shit … maybe I should shut down my computer. I don’t want the lightning to cause a power surge and take out my ‘puter. And I need to keep an eye on that water line outside of my window. I hope the rain stops before it decides to come into my apartment. I need to find some more food for supper anyways.

Mood: hungry

Well, I didn’t actually do it. My sister did. She turned on the heat after she got up this morning. I’m glad she did. I would have turned it on when I got home if she hadn’t. It was damn chilly today. Right now it’s 37°F out with a 26° wind chill. The wind is from the NW at 23 gusting to 32 mph. And there’s a light rain too. Just crappy weather. I guess summer really is finally gone for good. I was holding out hope that it might get warm again … but NOOOO. Oh well. What can I expect … I do live in North Dakota.

Mood: happy