Anniversary

55 years ago today, my parents got married. They were on Spring Break from their respective Universities in different states, and my father studied for an Astronomy exam on their honeymoon. They married in Minnesota, where my father was from, and I'm not even sure if my mother's parents made the trip from Rochester, New York.

In keeping with the laid-back tone of the wedding itself, I don't recall my parents celebrating their anniversary particularly, not even the 25th or 30th. Seems like my own romantic nature was not acquired from them.

March snow

Being from Minnesota, I've experienced March snow. March snow in Seattle, however, is a rarer event. We've gotten snowfall twice this week, and more may happen over the weekend. Nothing is sticking, at least not for longer than a few hours, but it puts a serious chill in the air and has necessitated the return of turtlenecks and my winter coat.

This morning, snow in the mountains delayed a delivery I was expecting, which I didn't learn until I called near the end of my 3-hour delivery window. FedEx needs a better system for shipment delays that affect appointments. So, I went to work where I got to watch the snow fall, and now I'm back at home waiting in another 3-hour window.

I'm glad it stopped snowing.

Beware

The Ides of March came early for me this year.

I was awoken Wednesday morning to the sound of a motorcycle revving up in the parking lot outside my bedroom window, a congested-sounding noise that continued for at least 5 minutes. Almost immediately after it started, the upstairs neighbor started up the shower, with its whistling pipes, for a 15-minute cleansing and I quickly determined that I was doomed. Definitely doomed in terms of getting back to sleep, but I suspected it was all a portent to the doomed day ahead.

I'm not sure if it occurred to me that perhaps I should just stay in bed (although given how the bed experience was the first to go bad, I can imagine I probably figured there was nowhere to hide) but I went into work where the day went about as badly as it could. I did leave work early, stopping by the drug store only to discover that they've discontinued my prescription decongestant (really?!), and managing to avoid getting hit by at least one car.

But home did not offer the safety I'd been hoping for. Daniel came over, I thought just to talk about a miscommunication we'd had earlier in the day, but instead ended our current dating arrangement. Did not see that coming, no matter how doomed I was feeling.

Next time, maybe I will try just calling in doomed.