Snorkle and Flippers FTW?

The weather this last week has been insane. From freezing temps, to snow, to hurricane force winds on the coast, and now to the massive flooding. It is most certainly winter in this fabulous state.

Wednesday morning was fun. Woke up to a misleading blanket of white. Went to take the dog out and found that is was more the consistency of a slushie. Made it seem like we were walking through an inch of standing water. Poor Skye was not impressed. By the time work was done all traces of the white stuff were gone and thankfully it wasn't raining at that point. It was actually perfect weather for a nice run. Cloudy, fifty degrees and a slight breeze... Okay it was rather gusty at some points, but tolerable.

In the last twelve to twenty four hours the timid and tiny creek that runs behind our place has swollen to the size of a small river. Watching the news tonight and seeing all the flooding in the central valley was heart breaking. Especially when they were showing live footage of Mill Creek, which is less than a block from my old office in Salem. The waters hadn't reached the building yet and I saw my old boss in the background with a ton of people who were frantically sand bagging. As much as I loathed working there (especially near the end) those people will always have a special place in my heart, and the sights of what they are dealing with made me cry.


On a lighter note, here are some random thoughts from work yesterday:


There are several pieces of equipment at my work that I repeatedly fantasize about going all Office Space on. You know what I mean? Like our credit card receipt printer that I wholey believed to be possessed by some moody sullen teenager, and Herman (my stapler) has problems stapling just two pages together sometimes. It's quite discouraging and really puts a cramp in the work flow when I have to smack him around and figure out WHY he doesn't want to staple the paper in a particular spot.

I am suddenly craving cinnamon rolls. I think I will have to make some hot chocolate. How this will help? I do not know but maybe it will suffice for the time being. This was from yesterday morning; reading it again now rekindled the craving for cinnamon rolls. DAMN CINNAMON ROLLS!!!

Now back to the present:

I am cold and not cold at the same time... Weird. 

I should probably put on my slippers. That would most certainly help since it is mostly my feet sending the "cold" signals. 

Saturday is looking to be an awesome day. It should be starting off dark and early (it is still winter here after all) with a nice four mile run. Then home for showers and breakfast before I will be adventuring out with some of the lovely ladies I work with. It's looking like it will be a day of ice cream, a movie, and hopefully some light retail therapy. Ooooo, I have that ten dollar off coupon for my birthday... >:-) Yay! While I am off adventuring Collin will be at home studying his pea picking heart out. 

Sunday will be an up in the air sort of day of chores and doing anything else we want/need to do.

I am thinking this will be about it for this post. I want to see if I can convince him to wrap up the studying so I can watch another episode of the Tudors before the new episode of our show starts at nine. Wish me luck!

Ah! I had a cat looming over my shoulder. That was weird. It's like she is reading what I am writing...

Don't tell her I said this butsjebg;uoSKJDFNBBVBj vdjnb.skjebg;v 


Oh my god, there is blood everywhere! She just attacked me and mashed my face into the keyboard!!! 


Okay... That might be a fib. But you never know, it could have happened. She is a crazy one.


I have no idea what the hell we are listening to right now but it is starting to freak me out. I'm going to find my slippers.


Stir fry with soybeans!