Brrrrrrrr....

Why does disastrous winter weather arrive at the worst times?

We're going to get about 5-8 inches of snow through the day tomorrow, NEW YEARS EVE.  Thanks, Mother Nature.   And not only that, my cousin Colleen is getting married tomorrow and had to postpone her reception to an undetermined date (we would have to have an atom bomb strike us for her to postpone the wedding altogether, haha).  So, because I feel gripe-y, mopey, and sour I'm going to list out all the ways this negatively affects me:

Current conditions in my area.  Photo is from about a few blocks from where I live.  Don't be fooled, those roads are SLIPPERY.
Photo from SafeTravelUSA.com

1) Everyone keeps saying "I'm not sure" in regards to NYE plans.  STOP SAYING THAT!  YOU'RE ALL GOING TO CELEBRATE AND YOU KNOW IT!

2) I'm now going to be wearing stocking and boots with my high waisted skirt tomorrow.  Thankfully, I'm going to a party and avoiding the bars (Long lines in this weather?  Screw that!), so those boots will shimmy off RIGHT away.  I'm still annoyed that I can't dazzle in one of my really cute pairs of heels. (I can't believe I've never revealed my shoe obsession on here.)  Grrr.

Very old photo (seriously, 2007 I think) of a small portion of my shoes.  I only have the yellow heels left and of course, all the flip flops.  I have enough flip flops to wear a different pair every few days during the summer I think, so they never seem to wear out on me.

3) Colleen's reception has been postponed as noted above, and I'm sad that now she has to decide if she wants to put her wedding dress back on when we have the dinner and dance.

4) I now have no reason to wear my sexy high waist skirt to her reception, and will now have to come up with an equally dazzling outfit to wear then.

5) I was going to go spend this evening visiting with one of my very good friends, Autumn, and to play with baby Ave', of course.  I was going to bring her her Christmas gift and Ave's birthday/Christmas gifts.  This brings up the only silver lining - Colleen's reception postponement means I can come to Ave's first birthday party!  Yes, she's an NYE baby. (If I get her mommy's permission, I'll post photos of her at her birthday party in a few days :P )

6) The worst downside of all - The interstates have closed, and my darling boyfriend was due back later this evening, but is now stranded about 2 hours away.  He might not be able to go with me to the wedding tomorrow.

7) Looking at the Phoenix forecast, which USUALLY makes me feel better (because my best friend lives there so I visit here and there, and hope to move there once I have my HR degree), didn't make me feel better at all, because somehow, they have a freeze warning, and somehow, they were looking forward to having 20 degree weather, when they usually are hitting the 60's mid-winter!

Phoenix freeze warning from weather.com

8) I have to keep a closer watch on Tony's fish tanks, because he keep African and South American Cichlids which need to have their water warmer rather than colder, and I'm awful at taking care of those fish.

There are four in total of the cichlids, but only Bob (yes, thats his name) seems drawn to cameras.  Camwhore. haha

9) I'm TERRIFIED to drive in this weather, (and was when I left work today as well), because of what happened to my car earlier this month-- see previous posts.  I keep being absolutely terrified that my tire will rip off my car again like it did the day after our blizzard.  I still have NO clue how that happened.  I have a new tire but my rim is sort of bent, and I've lost all sense of safety in the car, which is leading me to believe I should sell and buy a new car sooner rather than later just for my own peace of mind.

Yeah, thats pretty much what I'm afraid of.

10) This whole back and forth between freezing rain and snow makes scraping ice off your windshield impossible.  I had to warm my car half an hour before I left work to make sure it melted enough so I could scrape it off.  Normally about ten minutes defrosting will get rid of all ice completely.  After half an hour, it just made it soft enough to get rid of.

If you knew me personally, you know I could find crappy things about a situation when I'm in one of my "moods" for hours.  Honestly, if Tony had been able to make it home, alot of those things wouldn't bother me so much, because at least I could have my boo to snuggle with with the snowfall outside. 

Now poor Zuma has to deal with my snuggling, and she pretty much hates that.  Someday, I'll have Tony take a picture of the miserable face she makes when I make her cuddle with me.

It just doesn't help that I'm still really upset about Abby.  It's really hard dealing with the fact that she's gone for good, and I'll never see her again.

So, I think I'll go and have some wine and see what my DVR picked up today for me to watch.
  Hopefully NYE goes well regardless of the weather!

Until then--