Swim fail...
Jan. 20th, 2012 11:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisThe webcams didn't lie. The roads were bare. I got there with only a little trouble but...
There was no place to park. No place where I was sure I could get the car going again after my swim. All the roads are bordered by snow mounds. None of the parking lots were even close to being cleared but worse was that at the entrance to each there was a giant mound of snow and ice.
So I came home. I'm wondering now if tomorrow's class will even be doable. It's in a part of the city where there aren't any cams. I guess I'll try it - couldn't do any worse than today.
I did stop at the grocery store. This is what made me twitchy about the parking. The store lot had not been plowed and it was kind of scary but I was careful. I had trouble getting out but I was able to go backwards and had success at another exit.
On the bright side, the store was empty and the clerk was unrushed. As I opened my wallet to get out money, he said, "is that a senior card? If it is you get a discount."
When you turn 60 in the city of Seattle you can get a senior card for free. It gets you half off pet licenses (which is why I even got it), 90% off a zoo ticket, free access to the aquarium and now I find out that it's good for 5% off my grocery bill at all Red Apples... ANY day of the week (they have senior days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but I never seem to get there on Tuesdays and Wednesdays). I love that. 5% off any day! And just because he happened to look in my wallet. A nice little bit of serendipity.
The only street between here and there that is not plowed is the street that my garage empties out on to. I noticed that once I was on solid pavement, the tire pressure light on my dash was lit. Fuck. I hate stuff like that. The tires look fine. I'm going to assume it has to do with the lumpy snow I drove over and the temperature. If it's still there tomorrow, I'll worry about it then.
So now I'm back home. Guess I'll get some lunch and knit some bear. And hang til 6 when it's time to go pick up![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
machupicchu. Note to self: wear boots!
There was no place to park. No place where I was sure I could get the car going again after my swim. All the roads are bordered by snow mounds. None of the parking lots were even close to being cleared but worse was that at the entrance to each there was a giant mound of snow and ice.
So I came home. I'm wondering now if tomorrow's class will even be doable. It's in a part of the city where there aren't any cams. I guess I'll try it - couldn't do any worse than today.
I did stop at the grocery store. This is what made me twitchy about the parking. The store lot had not been plowed and it was kind of scary but I was careful. I had trouble getting out but I was able to go backwards and had success at another exit.
On the bright side, the store was empty and the clerk was unrushed. As I opened my wallet to get out money, he said, "is that a senior card? If it is you get a discount."
When you turn 60 in the city of Seattle you can get a senior card for free. It gets you half off pet licenses (which is why I even got it), 90% off a zoo ticket, free access to the aquarium and now I find out that it's good for 5% off my grocery bill at all Red Apples... ANY day of the week (they have senior days on Tuesdays and Wednesdays but I never seem to get there on Tuesdays and Wednesdays). I love that. 5% off any day! And just because he happened to look in my wallet. A nice little bit of serendipity.
The only street between here and there that is not plowed is the street that my garage empties out on to. I noticed that once I was on solid pavement, the tire pressure light on my dash was lit. Fuck. I hate stuff like that. The tires look fine. I'm going to assume it has to do with the lumpy snow I drove over and the temperature. If it's still there tomorrow, I'll worry about it then.
So now I'm back home. Guess I'll get some lunch and knit some bear. And hang til 6 when it's time to go pick up
machupicchu. Note to self: wear boots!
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Date: 2012-01-20 08:03 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-01-20 08:08 pm (UTC)but, hey, if greenlake is clear, my chances get better so i'll take a report :)
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Date: 2012-01-21 01:32 pm (UTC)Where we only have a couple of inches of snow, at this point. The temperature is sitting at ZERO degrees, though.