Bonzi has the post-Christmas blues
Tomorrow it is time to head back to the office. Between work travel, our unprecedented weather and the holidays I’ve actually only been in the office nine days so far this month. I’m not sure I even had the six days of vacation required by our snow days and the university closing on the Friday after Christmas.
In fact, my entire holiday plans changed to accommodate the 12+ inches of snow that hit Portland. Shopping for gifts was either completed online or not at all. The trip to spend Christmas with Craig’s parents was canceled, as was Teresa’s trip to Portland to meet us for the ride to Yakima.
That said, it was a nice change of perspective, and while I didn’t write my novel, or pursue any great creative feat besides rearranging the baking dry goods, I did read a couple of books, watch several videos and spend some time with my Portland friends…and eventually (once he was able to dig the rental car out of his mom’s apartment parking lot with a baking sheet) my good friend from Chicago, Steve.
To get a sense of the scenery, here are some of the pictures we took on Saturday, December 20th when Craig and I walked from our house to Hawthorne and back home.
The worst snow came between Saturday and Monday. On Tuesday, December 22nd we knew we wouldn’t be going to Yakima and Teresa wouldn’t be flying to Portland, so we ventured out to get groceries and videos.
A car buried under the snow at SE MLK & SE Stark
A snowman waits for the bus.
If the side of the conversation I was hearing while I took this photo was any indication, it was going to be a long wait. A bus driver was at the stop next to me, and was on the phone with what could have been dispatch, letting them know he had been waiting for nearly an hour, and still the bus he was scheduled to meet had not arrived.