Boo! and Yay!, winter weather edition

[chanaleh]

Next weekend is the GSC ski trip, so I'm supposed to take off this Friday. Yay!
But in the meantime, I'm going to be working flat-out for 4 days straight trying to get the last 4 chapters of this book done. Boo!
So ablock loaned me the Pupmobile for today to save me 2 hours' commuting. Yay!
But I woke up and the sky was completely filled with this dense white stuff. Boo!
But having the car meant at least I stayed dry. Yay!
But it took me an hour (twice the normal timeframe) to drive from Cambridge to Wellesley. Boo!
But after crawling several miles up the Pike, I at least managed to circumvent getting on 128 (where even the *on-ramp* was backed up) and cut around to 16 instead. Yay!
And I eventually got here in one piece. Yay!

As I said to ablock and kalessin last night, "I'm at the point where I could go BUY a car... IF I had any time to go shopping for one!" Oy vey.

Weekend was good, though. Our '80s dance rocked. Next year, we're getting a lighting budget. *grin*

Comments

[feste-sylvain.livejournal.com]

"I'm at the point where I could go BUY a car... IF I had any time to go shopping for one!"

Hie thee to this Devil's Panties strip. (And, because it is also appropriate, hit the "Tomorrow" link on that page as well.)

You are not alone.

[sanpaku.livejournal.com]

I see that the Perspectives group is having a ski trip with your 20s/30s TBS group on Feb. 26... will you be going to that?

I thought that these days one can buy a car over the Dinternet, though that's kind of a scary proposition.

[madbodger.livejournal.com]

Heck, you're in the Boston area, right? Just "borrow" (steal) a car if you need one for a bit.
If it gets wrecked, just nick another one.

[vettecat.livejournal.com]

Glad you got there safely! It was messy this morning...

[darlene-ford.livejournal.com]

Which route are you taking? Do you know the one that goes out Storrow and crosses the Charles at Galen St in Newton? You can get to Waltham fairly easily that way; think there is a reasonable way into Wellesley from Newton along those lines if the highway is backed up.

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

I think I know the route you mean, but I'm not sure going through town is likely to save me any time, as a rule. :-} My office is right on Rte. 9, so if I'm driving, generally I either take the Pike up to the West Newton exit and 16 to 9 the rest of the way, or take the Pike to the 128/30 exit and cut over to 16 from there (there's a side road that avoids 128, which *is* desirable).