SOT Blog Post. Weather, Unicycling, Work and More Work
Yea so this morning I left work at my regularly scheduled time. 8am. Technically I’m supposed to leave at 7:45 if I want to get to work at 9am. But I’m late. All the time. And you know what? I don’t give a damn. Because I stay til like 6:30-7pm all the time ANYWAYS that it doesn’t matter. And my coworker’s used to me being late, I’ve stopped even bothering to call in saying I’m late. Last thing I want to do is tie up the phone lines if she’s the only one answering them!
So yea. I got out of bed at like 7:30 and looked outside, and figured I’d just drive my ass out of the driveway and let my mom deal with the snow when she gets back. Only to find out… my mom didn’t leave for work yet. But she didn’t start the snowblower. Nor did she wake me up to shovel. So I grabbed a shovel and did the other half of the driveway she wasn’t doing plus the bottom bit and the sidewalk. Then my mom left, and I went for breakfast. Then I left. I left around 8am like I normally do, but anyone who’s been to my house knows that it’s halfway up/down a pretty steep incline. That my non-winter tires and fresh snow did not like each other. Took me litterally 5 minutes just to drive up the thing, revving it the whole way in second gear. Then out onto Highway 7 which thankfully didn’t take me that long, I got there around 8:15. Between 8:15 and 9:15 I was on Highway 7. I rolled my car into my parking spot at around 9:45, and my boss, who nearly never comes in, beat me in and apperently questioned where I was. Meh.
But then my mom called me. Yea. My mom left for work at 7:50. She got to work at 9:30. I left for work at 8am. I got into work at 9:45. The difference? My mom works 20km away from where we live. I work about 55.
The BEST part? I get to go to unicycle practice tonight. Then I drive home.
The annoying part? My appointment to put snow/winter tires on my car is next MONDAY.
Oh, and did I mention I’m going to be working all weekend? Saturday starting at 10am until when I have to leave (probably around 2pm) I will be at Elevator Gallery. Then I have to be at my friends Carl & Sarah’s house at probably 3 to get to London for around 5 for the 6pm Santa Claus parade. Sunday I’ll be at Carl & Sarah’s again at probably Noon to get to the Milton parade that starts at 2pm. Then I’ll be at Elevator Gallery probably starting around 6pm until whenever. Monday I’ll be at work at my normal work, but probably at like 8am instead of 9am like normal, then will head BACK to Elevator at maybe 6pm (I’ll try anyways!) to finish everything off. Tuesday they’re supposed to hang the show, so Monday I might be cutting foamcore and mattes as well. Knowing Elevator, I’ll be doing that Tuesday Night because Wednesday Night is the opening. So Wednesday I’m going there even if just for the expensive cheese and free beer. What beer? I don’t drink! Although it’s always a challenge to get beer out of there to take home. I’m sure I could sneak at least a 6pack. One bottle at a time. Down my pants.
Hopefully Elevator will call me more often when they have actual framing to do and not just when the place needs to be repainted. While I love hanging out with Bob and painting the place, my offer was in trade for a framing apperenticeship.
Well, if not, hopefully by x-mas I’ll have learned how to screenprint, and that will just bring a whole new slew of possibilities of things I can do with time I don’t have! WHEE!
People y’all need to write more.
