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December 14, 2008
So I jinxed the snow
OMGZ SNOW. Been waiting anxiously for this eventful day for two reasons:
01) Duh. Snow.
02) I want to see Portland in chaos. People freaked out in early August when temperatures rose to a hundred. I had just arrived from Vegas and was like, A hundred? AWESOME. It's not 120F! So I tried to go to sleep knowing the snow would start sometime in the wee hours of the morning. I wound up waking several times just to gaze out the window and spot the snow. It didn't happen until I finally fully woke up at 7:40 and YAY there it is! Snow!! YAY!.... then I went back to bed, screw the snow.
Ohhh my house looks so pretty!!
My two endeavors for the day was to have lunch with someone and then head on to the Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Holiday Sale. I braved the cold, the bitter wind, the snow! I walked about 10 minutes to my bus stop ('cause there ain't no way in hell I'm DRIVING under snow) on Burnside, across from the QFC.... and waited.
And waited.
And waited.
And waited a little more.
Hmm.
Um..... I don't.. I don't this bus is co-- OHH THERE IT IS! YAY!!
Oh wait... that's #71. It won't take me anywhere near to my first destination.
So I wait.... My toesies are hurting, as are my ears and fingertips. The wind is strong and after maybe 40 minutes I give up and decide to go home. As I walk inside QFC to warm up a bit before going back home, I see my bus. I probably push a little kid to the side (Hey, he was RIGHT in front of the door!) and run towards the bus!!!
But it never saw me coming. And I yelled and yelled and yelled and I ran for blocks and blocks trying to maybe catch up. On snowy sidewalks. Wearing rain boots. So I did what any independent woman would do on such a situation.
I started crying and thanked the heavens I never moved to either Minneapolis or NYC as I had planned last year. This little snow spell will only last a few days. Right?
Despite this little fiasco of mine, the walk was silently and howlingly beautiful.
Posted by starmagn at December 14, 2008 11:33 PM
Comments
Lovely pics. Te entiendo. Aqui en TN la gente se vuelve loca. LOCA!!!!!! Caen 2 gotas de lluvia y olvidate que se fastidio la cosa. Y con la ley esa de move-over y los guardias. Ugh. Y la guagua ... OMG, I know. I've been there. My BF doesn't own a car in Canada and we take the bus everywhere. We've had to run a few times. I love the yellow house. Peace out, time to sleep.
Posted by: Stitch at December 15, 2008 01:30 AM
Wow! SNOW! I randomly came across your blog today and can't believe the parallels! I'm a photographer that moved to Portland over the summer from FL! I'd never been there before but LOVED IT! I'm back in FL at the moment to shoot a bunch of weddings here (you know how that goes I'm sure, people book far far in advance!) but will be getting back to Oregon in January. Please keep me in mind if you ever have another photographer meet-up or anything fun! I'll have to join your flikr group at some point! :) Enjoy the snow!!!
Posted by: Samantha at December 18, 2008 01:46 PM