I hate winter so much it’s not even funny. The temperature right now? Negative 1 degrees. But let’s not forget the freaking WIND. According to MSNBC News, it feels like negative 17. Seventeen below zero Fahrenheit. That is absolutely ridiculous, insanity.

Not to mention the snow. Did I forget to mention the snow? There’s over a foot of it. The wind that is making it feel like it is seventeen below is also blowing it into large drifts against everyone’s cars. Today it took me an hour to get to work, and I get stuck every time I stop my car on my parent’s street. I ran a stop sign, praying the whole time, because I had enough momentum going I figured I might actually be able to get up the hill this time. I made it, and thank god no one hit me when I did run that stupid stop sign at the top of the hill. Because I really, really did not feel like backing all the way down to the bottom and starting over AGAIN.

Sigh. Driving here is such a fun adventure anyway, then you add in the horrifying weather and it makes me want to crawl into a hole and hibernate.

The weather also makes it impossible for everyone to come to work, it seems. Yesterday I was one of three people in our office which normally holds 15. I drive a compact. I made it in, dammit, even if I was over two hours late. A message to my coworkers: y’all should be trying a leeeeeeetle harder to get your asses here so I don’t have to cover your slack when it snows. I know it was shitty out, I was out IN it. Buck up, buttercup, you live in Nebraska.

Weekend – I should talk about the weekend. It was lots of fun. Friday we went to Mark’s for dinner, which was fabulous, and then to have some drinks at Brother’s with Adam, Sara, Gail and a bunch of her friends. It was a nice, fun, simple night without any drama which was nice for a change. The only issue is that Gail needs a boyfriend, pronto. She’s an amazing, cute, fun girl with great style and is starting to believe that the reason she’s not dating anyone is because she’s a little chubby, which I have a hard time believing, but how do you talk someone out of that? It makes me sad to see people unhappy, especially good people who deserve good things.

Saturday slept in, breakfast and shopping with my mom and sister, and then putzed around the house for a few hours until evening. Met Mitch and Naomi at La Buve++e, then to Toads for some drinks so the boys could have their cigars. They smoked Naomi and I out of the place, so we decided to go to the French Café and have champagne and she was way buzzed up and so asking various Very Nosy questions about my sex life. Which was kind of interesting and sort of odd at the same time. Went to the G00fy foot for a bit and then home, not a very exciting night but sort of fun anyway. Curt told Adam sometime that day that he and I were looking for an apartment, and I don’t think he took it very well… he was all pissy when he came home (we beat him there by a couple of minutes) and didn’t seem very happy at all. Could have been related to something else though, I guess…

Sunday brunch, antique shopping, then home and pretty much stayed there until leaving for work on Monday morning because of the stupid snow. Sigh.

Yesterday, was two hours late for work because of the snow. Also left work at 3:30 to try and avoid traffic going home – still took forever, but probably was better than it might have been at 5:00. What a mess. So I holed up at my parents’ house and talked to Curt & Adam & Jeremy & Anne online – Curt and adam had dinner together and straightened out the apartment situation. Yay. I didn’t want him to be pissed either at me or at his brother, so it sounds like everything is going to work out.

Long entry. Back to work. Any of you guys affected by this crazy weather, be safe and stay warm!