Well, this morning has started out sucktastically.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

It was -22 this morning. My shower didn't work because the pipe that goes from the hot water heater up along an uninsulated basement wall to the bathroom was apparently frozen. No hot water in the shower. I managed to get myself put together eventually using other means, then got in the car to go to work. The car wouldn't start, of course, although it's usually pretty good in the cold. I should have plugged it in, but I didn't. Stupid me. So I went to get an extension cord out of the shed, but the lock was frozen. Stood there fucking around with that for awhile until the lock worked. And did I mention that it's -22 with a -38 wind chill? Found an extension cord all tangled up in last year's Christmas lights; when I tried to untangle it, it cracked. Had to throw it away. Found another cord, plugged the car in, called the boss to explain where I was.

So here I am, waiting for my car to warm up enough for it to start.

Maybe I'll go back to bed until April.

[TZ]

1. and thats why.....

I'm never moving any farther north than I already am....
Sorry you've had such a bad morning Ocelot...Cheer yourself up by spending time with the kitties..:hug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. So when are you going to come back and visit us again?

Now would be fun. ;)

[LaraMN]

2. MINNESOTA RULZ!

:eyes:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. It sure as hell does.

[SPKrazy]

3. go back to bed

at least it was warm there

tell your boss the car just wouldn't start

try again tomorrow

:hug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. I can't do that. I would lose cred as a Minnesotan.

You get your car started and you go to work. I might be able to justify wearing a hat today, though.

[keepthemhonest]

4. does this thread belong in the Official complain about the cold

thread?



Jusssssst kidding.I hope you day goes better, I would think about staying home the powers that be are not on your side today.It might be safer.

[krispos42]

5. Thats why I'm glad I work nights...

It was a tropical -4 when I went to work yesterday and a temperate -16 when I get off at midnight!


:-)


Don't worry, we'll get the Sunbelters back in about 6 months...

"Gee, it's 75 and sunny... how's the weather in Houston?" O8)

[Odin2005]

6. It was down to -30 earlier this morning here in Fargo.n/t,

[av8rdave]

7. So sorry you've had a tough morning

You are reminding me that I may not bid any seat in MSP if I have a choice.

Hope the rest of the day is a little better!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Oh, come on; it's fun.

There is a slight chance I could be transferred to ATL. Until today I didn't like that idea much.

[av8rdave]

12. Funny...I have this huge aversion to moving to ATL

Probably because I commute there for work, and that alone gives it negative connotations. The times I've stayed in town have been pretty nice. Unfortunately, I usually overnight near the airport.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Update on my heinously annoying morning:

One of the cats was making strange skritching and rustling sounds in another room, probably from trying to contact the mother ship on her short-wave radio. I didn't want to know what she was up to so I went outside to try to start the car again, since by now it had been plugged in for awhile. It went rrrr rrrr rrrr but that's about it. So I called AAA and they said they could get somebody out to jump it in about 45 minutes.

45 minutes came and went, during which time the cats managed to calculate the 37th Mersenne prime and build a plasma-powered space shuttle. Nobody showed up to start my car, so I called AAA again. I was on hold for 17 minutes. Eventually I learned that AAA was backed up and might be able to make it within two hours or so. I went outside again to try the car once more, since it had warmed up to about -7. Still no luck. But my neighbor, the goth kid with the dreadlocks and the bumper sticker on his car that says: "Wanted: Schroedinger's Cat, Dead and Alive," turned up, and I asked him if he'd jump my car, which he did, with the help of some starter fluid in the air intake and making the thing go rrrr rrrr mphhh pop pop rrrr rrrr for about 15 minutes. In the meantime I fought mightily with my trunk lid, which wouldn't shut after I opened it to get the jumper cables. I also removed the beach umbrella from the trunk, since I wouldn't be needing it and it was just depressing to see it there anyhow.

Once the car was finally started I thought I'd better make a detour to the Saturn dealer to get the battery checked, so I called work and told the boss I'd be there eventually after I got the car looked at. She said she hadn't noticed I wasn't there, apparently not having checked her voicemail. She's kind of short so she probably didn't see over the cube walls that I wasn't in.

Of course I ended up buying a new battery, since the old one had, indeed, expired. It was exactly four years old to the day. I went to work, where apparently nobody had missed me, and spent most of the rest of the day discussing what happens when you ditch an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River.

I came home, plugged in the car, discovered that the hot water to the shower still didn't work, crawled around the rafters in the basement with a hair dryer and some insulation, and got the water running again. The cats have built a Mach 3 hovercraft out of cat food tins.

[TZ]

14. Wow.

Quite the day...I hope tomorrow is better for you....:hug:

[XemaSab]

15. The high here was 76 today!

:hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. I think I hate you.

:hi: