Plodding On

So today’s another gloomy day out. We’re supposed to get snow/rain today and/or tomorrow, depending on the forecast you listen to. I think they’re all just tryin to cover their bases. lol

Visit Forecast

The extended forecast looks pretty good, though… I’ll keep tabs on it, but it looks like Fussbudget will be able to make the drive after all next week. :) Yay! Was just talkin to Mom about it at lunch (she REALLY needed to get out, so we substituted today for our usual Tuesday lunch outing) and she wanted to know how long Fussbudget would be here (Thursday night through Monday morning) and if she should plan for 5 for Sunday dinner. I told her I’d leave it up to Fussbudget, but I don’t THINK she’ll mind.

I’d hoped that mebbe Columbia’s Downtown Living Window’s Festival would be taking place while she’s here, too, but I just looked it up and it looks like it’s this weekend instead. Oh well… Mom and I still want to go. It’s pretty interesting… all of the downtown shops compete for the best “living” holiday window dressings, with actors sometimes depicting whole scenes.

Forgetful Start

Today’s a fairly slow day at work… had a difficult time getting up this morning (more than usual with my head and neck screaming at me, though they’re better with drugs now)… so I got to work about a half hour late. But I always make up late starts with short lunches, so it evens out. Of course, since I took a full lunch today, I’ll just make it up through the rest of the week. I’d meant to bring in my box of holiday decorations for work, (since I have room to store it here now) but left it right there on the floor in front of the door. *smackin forehead*. But that old adage is especially true for me: “The Hurrieder I go, the Behinder I Get”. *sigh* ‘Sokay… everybody else forgot their decorations, too. Well, aside from The Retiree, but she could only carry so much and will bring the rest tomorrow.

Mom and I also tried to drop by Martin House at lunch, only to discover they’re gone! Oh well… as it turns out, the Ornament Exchange party takes place on the very night that Fussbudget gets to Columbia, anyway. Oops! But I’m not really heartbroken over the matter… My anti-social self much rather visit with Fussbudget than a roomful of peeps. :)

Shocking Article

One last item before wrapping up: Read an article in the paper about this dood who’s wife was literally hit by a train one year ago. The article featured a photo he took of her holding their toddler just minutes before it happened. At first I read that and thought: “Now HOW does one NOT hear a train coming in order to hop OFF of the tracks?” But turned out that they were standing on a rather long train trestle. By time they heard the train coming, they started running for the nearest end of the bridge (which happened to be in the direction from which the train was COMING) He managed to make it just in the nick of time, and she evidently threw the baby over into some bushes before the train hit her and threw her into the water below. Talk about a mother’s sacrifice… :( It was just one of those truly shocking stories… one you’d think you’d see in a movie rather than the local paper.

I suppose the lesson we come away from this is: Scratch train trestles off the list of ideal photo spots. *shakin head sadly*