I am hopelessly lost on the thread now. I keep thinking I have read it all, then see a post quoted that I missed somehow when I was quoting something else, and then go off hunting for it, and well, Damn. I think I have read it all though.
This week has been a whirlwind of work travel, daughter hauling and blizzards. We have had over two feet of snow in the last week, which isn’t that big of a deal in itself, except that we get eight inches every day I have to drive over a hundred miles. I am not kidding when I say that I have made four 300-500 mile trips this week, skating along in 4WD at 20-45 MPH. This has been an “old school” winter, and I am completely willing to admit I am thoroughly fed up with it.
My daughter was going to play in the All State Symphony at Orchestra Hall in MPLS yesterday. This was really a big deal for her, and sort of a pinnacle of accomplishment for a HS musician. My wife and I took the day off work, kenneled dogs, booked hotel rooms downtown for my son and his girlfriend, my dad and us. They had to be there on Friday, so we drove the 200+ miles through a blizzard, leaving at 4:00 AM to get her there for rehearsal, dropped a few hundred dollars on downtown food, for them to decide to cancel the concert at ten thirty on Sat morning, because there was another storm predicted, and they were worried about the safety of departing students. (Every last damn one of them was there with a parent or guardian btw, but our votes don’t count, I guess). Well, since we (my family) are actually from MN, we didn’t panic and cry at the POSSIBILITY of snow and leave town instantly, we actually showed up for our lunch reservation. So here is a picture of conditions 3 HOURS AFTER WE WERE TOLD TO RUN HOME AND CRY:
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All I know is that aside from the fact that you can never give that chance back to my daughter, just my family, one out of about 200 between the various groups, is out right around $1200 for the cancelled weekend. YAY, MN! We rock!
Rant off, and thanks for listening.
I have been staying well groomed and clean shaven, but haven’t taken a picture all week. Every shave has been CJB Pain Stick and WCS synthetic. Today will be in my own den, and I am still daydreaming on what the menu will be.
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