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Wintry Wednesday
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Okay winter. We see you. We feel you. We know you’re here. We get it 🥶
The roads were an icy mess this morning but thankfully no delayed opening (and yes even as a teacher I’m thankful for that. What does it do besides throw schedules off? Can only speak for my area in which there aren’t snow plows out there aggressively salting or doing anything to make the roads more drivable. If some live in areas where the road conditions improve over two hours, I revoke my statement.)
SSDD at work and into the evening. Wishing safe travels to all in treacherous driving conditions!
The roads were an icy mess this morning but thankfully no delayed opening (and yes even as a teacher I’m thankful for that. What does it do besides throw schedules off? Can only speak for my area in which there aren’t snow plows out there aggressively salting or doing anything to make the roads more drivable. If some live in areas where the road conditions improve over two hours, I revoke my statement.)
SSDD at work and into the evening. Wishing safe travels to all in treacherous driving conditions!
Re: Wintry Wednesday
Unfortunately, my bedroom is where my small office set up is located so I'm having to brave the cold to work in here today. I'm wearing a knit hat and scarf. But that's how much I like WFH, lol. Because I could have gone to the office.
I already started the day with one work emergency. But don't have anything else I need to get out and am hoping it is a mellow day. I have a lot of work to do that I don't need to interact with anyone for and am hoping I can just stay in my bubble doing that.
Kiddos have a 2hr delay and it's still in the upper teens now.
With the recent rain fall I'm seeing water marks in a spot on our family room ceiling. Our fingers are crossed that this won't be a pain.
DH has his physical today. He's anxious and has felt off and one of the largest triggers for his anxiety is his health and also getting riled up. I told him that he needs to make sure he speaks up because what he does to compensate for his anxiety is to appear even keel but that may be detrimental to a doctor who may not see his real concern.
Good vibes for DH’s appointment @banana468
A person on my team has decided to leave and is actively seeking other jobs. They have not been here quite a year and have tried to make the role a good fit for them but it's just not. I respect that but it's hard on the team when we've put so much time and energy in training them only to have to start over. The role has significant time in facilitating groups, large and small, which causes this person high anxiety. They thought they could work through it and it would get easier but it hasn't. It is what it is. I hope they find something that doesn't trigger their anxiety like this role did.
DH has been having a lot of back pain again this week and is schedule for an injection on Friday. They have been very effective in the past and I hope that continues. Chronic pain is no joke.
Looking forward to a get-away with some girlfriends at the end of the month. My mom will stay here to keep DH company and our nephew will stop in frequently. It will be a nice break. We are going to WI Dells Sunday-Tues.
@short+sassy, your cold temps may be getting you prepared for the move to Ohio! To be fair, Ohio homes are likely better equipped to withstand the cold temps than those in NO.
Otherwise SSDD. Stay warm everyone!
I’m staying home again. I didn’t feel like going into work. I rarely wfh from “being sick”.
I signed up for facebook dating on the 7th and I feel my past is being unearthed. So far, the dude I dated 2 years ago tried to friend request me, and liked my profile and sent me a “it’s been awhile” message. I ignored.
2 other guys I had a few dates with in the past but cut it off due to no chemistry “liked me”. One even wrote “sorry it didn’t work out with the guy I lost to”. Wth? And then the last guy I went on a few dates with “liked me” too and he cut it off because he wanted to date someone who “he had more chemistry with” his words. Clearly that’s over now. Ahhhhh! I’m like what is a “like” really then? It’s not really a like if you do it to someone you’ve dated in the past. I think it’s a “heeeeey I see you. And I know you’re still single”. Amiright?
oh, and the long term guy I was with who had crippling depression and ghosted me as a way to leave me happened to pop up as a “lucky match”. So he’s still looking.
Have I said this before? Dating is hard.
It is 14 here and sunny - almost a heat wave in comparison to the last few days!
Though it also exposes our pipes. We've been dripping water from both our faucets since Monday night and our next door tenants have also. The rental properties I have are newer and on slabs. But the city was telling everyone to drip water, so we texted our tenants on Monday and they all replied back they would (crossing fingers).
Despite that, our kitchen sink was frozen yesterday morning but thankfully no damage (phew).
It's been in the low/mid 20s, but the temp is slowing climbing and it's supposed to get into the 40s by the late afternoon. I usually don't look forward to the weather only being in the 40s, but I am today!
Nothing too much going on here. I got a new (to me) album from Tom Waits last night and got my Almave tequila in, so had an Old Fashioned while listening to the new vinyl and felt hipster cool. I'm trying to start reading and listening to music more, rather than just plopping in front of the TV and not moving.
i never left faucets dripping before, @VarunaTT, and we have the same weather conditions almost. Was that advised by your landlord to do that? At what temps should you because I left this weekend -12 and didn’t….
FWIW in our house we only saw the pipes start to freeze in the back office bathroom when we start to be in the teens but we're also not in a space that sits consistently at below freezing for a long time.
The only area of the house that becomes a concern is my office because it has electric heat, it's not used throughout the day and the pipe area is near the garage that is not as well insulated. The rest of the house is not a concern as long as we keep the temp set well. That said, this is exactly why if you know snow birds that it is NOT a smart idea to turn down the temp in your house when you leave to even 50 because your pipes will freeze.
The generator we have has enough power to run our boiler, refrigerator and well pump. It won't power the entire house but it will heat it and let us shower in hot water plus we can use the microwave. I think we also had power from an outlet near the TV that let me work too. Our larger concern here has been hurricane/wind over the snow. If you look into one make sure you're working with someone who knows about the power level you need. We are on well water and not city water which means that without a generator that has enough power to power a well pump, we have no running water, toilets, etc. That would have been a nightmare during Sandy 12 11 years ago when we had no power for nearly 6 days but we were able to take hot showers every day and didn't lose any food in the fridge.
I got my generator from Costco a few years ago. It was $900 and can use natural gas, gasoline, or propane. Our house does already have gas, so we hired a service person to hook it up to our natural gas. Though that was a lot spendier than I thought. I think it was another $800.
I don't remember the exact power it has. But it's enough to run two refrigerators and a couple window a/c units, plus plenty of small electrical devices like laptops and chargers. Though space heaters typically use more electricity than a window ac unit.
Fingers crossed for you @STARMOON44!
@ILoveBeachMusic, I'm glad you have your water back! And especially that it wasn't any of the big problems you were worried about.