I'll take cave trolls for 500, please

[pbray]

With a Nor'easter forecasted to arrive tonight, the plan was to get up early this morning, head out to the shopping centers to finish Christmas shopping, and then hit the grocery store before things got crazed.

I woke up feeling ill, and didn't take long to realize that whatever bug has been going around has finally caught me. Still I managed to get on the road only a little later than I planned. Finished up almost everything on the list and had lunch while going over the spreadsheet. (Yes, if you are buying for 18 people, 4 of whom have birthdays within a fortnight of Christmas, you make a spreadsheet. But I digress.)

Made it to the supermarket where people had not yet resorted to stabbing each other over the last gallon of milk or loaf of bread, though undoubtedly barbarism set in as the storm drew nearer.

Came home and collapsed on the couch for a nap. Woke up, ran over to jennifer_dunne's house to give the cat a double ration of food and explained that spare human may be late tomorrow, depending on how the storm turns out. Latest forecast says our area should get 4-6 inches of snow mixed with sleet and rain, rather than the 12+ plus of pure snow originally forecast, but as usual we'll see what happens when it gets here. It's supposed to start any minute, so I'm firmly holed up in my cave, ready to wait it out.

Reading: Finished HEART OF STONE by C.E. Murphy, the first book in her new series. That's the second book this month, I'm on a roll!

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[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Your morning like my morning.

Except that the present I ordered for my nieces has yet to arrive...grr...

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Commiserations on the waiting for present to arrive. I logged on this morning to find that one of the elusive presents has shipped, so there's just one left in the "we hope to ship soon" category. Luckily that one's a present for an adult, so they'll be okay with a delay.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

I am deeply envious. I have not read *any* books this month (except THE QUEEN'S BASTARD, which doesn't count), and I'm feeling extremely lame for it. Bah.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling lame at how far I've fallen short of the 52 books in a year challenge. Again. Used to be that I read three or four books a week, now if I get through more than one a month I cheer.

[kythiaranos.livejournal.com]

When we hit the grocery store here (WNY) they were completely out of gallons of milk. Out! We had to drive to another store to find some.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

And you know that it was bought up by people who never drink milk in ordinary circumstances but when a storm comes they need to buy a gallon of milk, just because that's what you're supposed to do.

[kythiaranos.livejournal.com]

I was also amused by the lady in front of us in line who had nothing in her cart but two huge cases of beer. (Maybe she's just more realistic than the milk people? Anyway, it kind of explains why births tend to spike nine months after these storms.)

[kelly-swails.livejournal.com]

We got 6-8 inches here, probably (this was determined by the unscientific method of peeking out the window).

I hadn't heard we were even supposed to get snow yesterday, so Ken and I were out in the muck. We did cancel plans with friends at the 11th hour, but otherwise ... we were out playing in snow.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It's been more sleet and freezing rain than snow here-- a couple of inches of snow, but every time I woke up last night, it was to the sound of ice pellets hitting the window.

We make get more snow later on this afternoon and tonight, or it may continue as freezing rain. I'd vote for snow myself, but am seldom consulted by the weather gods.

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

Same here. I'm also in WNY, but only about four inches of snow so far.

Lots of this here ice, though. I take it back - it just started snowing as soon as I typed that. Heavily, too.

Which means, Tricia, that you'll be seeing it in about an hour. (This is based on ten years of observation -- My mom lives in Otsego County, and whatever I get, she usually gets in 1.5-2 hours.)

Hmm. Good thing we has so many books, my precious, yesssss.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

I have books, wine and chocolate. I'm good!

[allaboutm-e.livejournal.com]

Hope you are warm and feeling better!

[jjschwabach.livejournal.com]

And it's stopped snowing here. For now.