Guess I should start out by saying I'm sorry it's taken me so long to post anything. Things sure were crazy around the holidays and then just didn't seem to slow down afterwards.
Today I'm enjoying a nice lazy day. Oh sure, I've had a couple easy days recently, including MLK Day when both the school and Aspire were closed so I didn't have to work. This past Monday the school was closed for a staff development day so I just had to work at Aspire where I put in a little extra time. But today is really sort of special because it couldn't be planned for in advance.
The weather people were calling for wind gusts in excess of 60 miles per hour and they were right. About 4AM this morning the winds kicked into high gear and the temperature dropped quickly from in the low 50's down into the high teens in just a few hours. I haven't heard how much snow has fallen, but with the strong winds, none of it has hung around for long. It just sort of blows on through. All the schools are closed and when I called into Aspire, all the programs had closed, all the drivers had gone home and due to my empty schedule for the day, I decided I would just take the day off as well. I also called the doctor's office to cancel an appointment.
Now I'm a professional driver, I'm sure I could have gotten to work or the doctor's appointment, but there is also the problem that my car is sitting in the yard over at the bus garage. Last night I worked later then normal so I had permission to bring my bus home. My first route in the morning starts right down the street from my house so I do bring my bus home when I work late. That way I get to sleep in a little bit more. It's amazing what that extra half hour can do for a person's soul!
So here I sit in a cold house (I'm almost out of fire wood so I let the fire go out during out recent warm spell) and every time I walk past a window in the front of the house, I'm surprised to see that big yellow bus in my driveway. Of course my poor car is not use to sitting outside, but at least I had a remote starter put in it just a couple days ago, so at least I can get it started tomorrow when I pull into the bus yard so it's warmed up before I head on down the road back to Aspire.
I've also been very busy with some knitting projects. Between watching a DIY network program called Knitty Gritty and now listening to the many knitting podcasts I download, I've become inspired to try some new projects and I'm thinking about trying some new yarns including alpaca. I've even learned about a big yarn show that is held in October near my daughter's area so we are thinking about heading there later this year. I've even toyed with the idea of trying to dye some yarn myself. Meanwhile I'm content with using my cheapo yarn and putting it together in interesting patterns to make scarfs. I'm also contemplating making socks, which is something I swore I would NEVER do! I guess I finally feel like I'm up to the challenge. I'm also hoping my feet have forgotten the socks made me back when I was in elementary school!
So the New Year has brought new challenges to my life. I'm just as busy as always but even with the awful weather today, I'm amazed at how quickly this winter seems to be going by so I'm glad that I've been keeping busy to make it zoom by!
I'm also looking forward to meeting a couple Venturer members. This weekend a bike from GA that is presently garage in Delaware will be transported to my garage until it's new owner from North Bay, Ontario can get all the paperwork taken care off. It's been fun being part of this transportation relay and it will be fun having another Venture in the garage.
I'll try to keep more up to date with my Blog, but I ain't promising a thing!
