Holy cow! It is amazing to be able to drive myself around and go where ever I want to go after being snowed in for a week.

On the 18th the Seattle/Bellevue area got BLASTED with snow. I DON’T drive in the snow so I stayed home from work. I felt awful because I only had another week and a half of my contract left and wanted to get work done.

The 19th didn’t get any better. I woke up to another white, wintery wonderland and saw my neighbor trying to free his car from his parking spot with a hatchet. I stayed home again. Yay for 2 days with no pay   By this point I was starting to go a bit stir crazy. I only went outside to take Waffle for a walk (which she LOVED), and i needed human interaction.  Thankfully I had a friend coming over that didn’t mind driving in the snow. We got Thai for dinner and picked up last minute stuff from the store.

Saturday we were able to escape the apt and saw Yes Man. I worried this would end up being Liar Liar 2, but it wasn’t. It was really funny and had a good message.  We also got pizza, which makes for great leftovers incase we couldn’t go anywhere else.

Sunday we attempted to go to Ikea but it was totally closed due to the weather. Southcenter mall was still open (for a little while). I got a really cute blue leoppard print sweater from H&M. I’m still trying to dress a little more grown up and this makes me look like a cool alternative librarian. I’m happy with it. Afterwards we went to Acme bowl and played a round. I did terrible, my total was somewhere in the 80s.

By Monday I knew I needed to get to work. Thankfully I was able to catch a ride on Monday &  Tuesday and work for a few hours.

Now the roads are so clear I can go anywhere I want. I hate being stranded

Waffle LOVED the snow while it was around. She would dive into big piles and sniff and snort her way around. Big clumps of snow would fly around and she would chase them because she thought it was playing with her.  By Saturday there was a crunchy icey layer over everything and her paws would break through the snow with a *thunk*. She thought this was too much work and started stepping any old premade foot print she could find. I loved seeing the snow stick to her nose and whiskers. Even though she is from Taiwan and had never seen snow before, i think she looked at home (or in her element).

With all this free time, I’ve been knitting again! YAY! I found the directions to my Wisteria sweater and picked it back up. One sleeve is finished and i’m 1/2 way through the 2nd. It should be done in no time. I really wish I made it one size bigger but it’s too late at this point. I still think it looks nice.

Tomorrow is going to be nuts. It’s my last day at work and New Years Eve. I bought my Ghostland Observatory tickets at the end of October and have been waiting for this night. A friend from out of town is coming with me and we almost had ticket issues. They called me on Sunday to say they couldn’t get tickets from ticketmaster. I checked the Showbox’s website to findout it was sold out! Thanfully, when in doubt, check Craigslist   A few people were selling tickets for little to no mark up. I arranged to meet a guy at Dicks on Monday and bought my friend a ticket. 
I also have a sweet outfit planned. I bought sequined covered converse and a sequined top. I’ll be a human disco ball!

Happy New Year.