Sittin' & Knittin'!

Maybe it's the, "Maine-ah" in me. But, I do loves me a weather event! I love the planning, the anticipation and the "hunkerin' down." I get a weird sense of satisfaction knowing that I am snuggled in with the kitties for the duration. I am the person who always has the flashlights on hand, extra candles and knows how to purify the water with bleach if need be. I have a plan for salvaging the frozen food and once kept my fish tank at the correct temperature and oxygen saturation during a lengthy power outage. Of course, had I been as vigilant during the good times, the tank wouldn't have had to be declared "protected swampland" by the Environmental Protection Agency, but you see my point.

I'm handy to have around in a natural disaster. Blame Hysterical Mind. She forces Rational Mind to plan for the unforeseen. It's really the only way we get any rest around here.

You can imagine my giddiness, then, at the news of impending inclement weather for this holiday weekend. The plan for today was to get up bright and early, hit the stores for supplies (Mountain Dew, frozen pizza and matches), gas up the truck and then get ready to settle in for the storm. This probably would have worked out a bit more smoothly had I set the alarm before bedding down last night.

But, I didn't. Thus, I arose just after 8:00 this morning and that is really just too late to get a good handle on that nice smug, "I'm all ready, are you?" attitude. But, I was out of Mountain Dew so I pulled myself together as quickly as possible and headed out. It looked fine...just a bit overcast.

Not so... The freezing rain had already begun in such a fine mist that you didn't really see it from the windows. But it was there and the roads had already begun to get slick. A ten minute run to the store took about an hour and I actually had to pull over twice on the way to the corner market because the windshield had iced over. But I made the journey unscathed (although I blew off getting the gas) and have had a quiet day since. Good thing as the icing seems to be a good deal worse and I'm thinking that I won't be going anywhere any time soon.

Winter has finally arrived in the Northeast, it seems. I guess I'll be spending a bit more time here:

My knitting spot!

The Samurai Knitter asked her readers to post pictures of their usual parking spots and this is mine. I can pretty much run my entire life from that one area. The computer, phone and fax are all within arm's length as well as most of the knitting supplies. You can also see the little bike in the lower right hand corner peeking out from it's home under the coffee table. Not visible from this view (because I cleaned off the couch before taking the picture) are the television remote, GameBoy and PSP that I like to keep close to hand in the event that the knitting goes horribly awry and diversionary activities become necessary to avoid cerebral accidents. Also not visible is the coffee table because it is an utter disaster area although tastefully decorated in Post-It notes. I use a lot of Post-Its. Most of them are scrawled with cryptic notes that I made with all good intentions but are now just beyond my ken. I keep them until the sticky stuff wears out and they flutter to the floor. If I haven't figured out what deep, insightful thoughts I had recorded for all posterity by that time, I feel that it is acceptable to throw them away. But, I still think about them...I'm not make of stone, here!

And this is where you will be finding me for the next couple of days should my presence be required. I'll have to get up to go to the bathroom or move the truck so the plows can get through, but that's about it. I've got me a sock on the fast track courtesy of a lengthy training on Friday and the three day weekend and I'm taking full advantage of the time to keep the momentum up. It's preparedness at it's finest, people.

Pass me another Mountain Dew, willya?

SA