Monday, December 29, 2008

The Great Depression

So, my Plans for this weekend, which consisted of traveling to the city of my college alma mater to attend the surprise 40th birthday party of one of my dearest friends, were totally derailed by crappy weather conditions, in this case; mountain passes closed due to avalanche conditions and shit.

Now, ordinarily, a little avalanche danger wouldn’t keep me from partying with my Girls but, Hugh and the Man-Cub also came down with the flu which further served to make the trip unrealistic and, thus I spent Saturday evening whining about my lost opportunity to drink wine with the ladies. I was whining rather than wine-ing, if you will.

So, in an effort to console me, Hugh took us all to see Marley & Me.

Note to my dear husband: A movie in which the adorable Clearance Puppy dies of old age is NOT so much a movie that will lift the spirits of your sad-hearted wife. I’m just saying.

Also, if you hadn’t seen the movie or read the book; I totally just spoiled the ending for you and I am sorry.

When we left the theater, it was snowing so hard we could barely see the road on our trip home which did make me feel slightly better about cancelling our trip because, if it is snowing in the valley, the mountains are generally treacherous and, you know, all joking aside; I really would rather live to party with the Girls another day.

Like, a day this summer. On the boat. When the only chance of having a blizzard comes in the form of an ice-cream treat from the local Dairy Queen.

And just think; only six months to go before that can happen.

Huh. That’s almost as depressing as the death of the Clearance Puppy.

1 comment:

  1. awwww... weren't you the one who was not happy everyone else had snow???? (I am just saying!) Sorry it ruined your plans though and I am glad you are SAFE!!!! My parents were snowed in the Valley and I thought they were going to DIE before they could find a road open to get out of dodge!!!! Which they found on Sunday!! geesh...
    Glad you had a good Christmas!!!

    ReplyDelete