Forecasts for the past 3 days/nights have been carbon copies (anyone remember carbon paper?) calling for "rain turning to sleet, followed by snow til morning with 1 to 2 inches possible" and each morning I woke to a different reality. Frustrating, to say the least.
Well, today started out exactly as the past 3 - with sunny skies and a light wind. However, as the day wore on, the sky darkened, rain began to fall, and by the time I left work it was trying like Hell to change over to snow. So far, not much success. Looking out my window as night falls, there isn't much of anything going on outside.
The weather didn't dampen anyone's spirits and the restaurant and due to this week of Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday, and Valentine's Day, people were out all week long. Today ends the Valentine Celebrations at DL so we were up to our eyeballs in hearts and fresh roses. Each table received a fresh red rose while dining with us. Yes, I know, "Awwwww"!
Lunch crowd was almost like a summer weekend. We served almost 200 diners between 11:30 am and 4 pm. Many were first-timers, others came with regulars and everyone seemed to have a great time. Including me. Of course, by the time I waddled home I was exhausted and hungry. No time for a meal today. I managed to snag a short time for a few strawberries and an apple, and that's it.
Meanwhile I am snug at home with supper on the stove and a festive cocktail sitting on the table next to me. To Hell with it all! We'll see what tomorrow brings.
And so it goes.
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It seems like the weather is trying to make up for those lost winter days of snow, and sleet before spring arrives. It's trying but not quite making it, thank goodness. Be careful though, don't be like my friend Tom J. who slipped and fell on the snow and broke his foot in three places.
ReplyDeleteI remember carbon paper and the manual typewriter, also the stencil and mimeograph machines in grade school. 1960-1968
ReplyDeleteby high school it was electric typewriters. 1968-1972
in college, it was keypunch cards in COBOL for the computer. 1972-1976
oh yeah, not so long ago...
are you a fan of slaughterhouse 5? i just wondered with your ending of...and so it goes.
ReplyDeletecarbon paper! yikes! holy cow did i make of mess of myself as a small fry with that stuff. that stuff is as long lasting as a sharpie marker pen.
I very much miss blizzards and major snowstorms, which seem to say 'go home, stay there, and don't bother to do anything but drink cocoa'. Sensible advice.
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