Monday sucks, honestly, doesn't it? You have your weekend and then bam, monday comes and ruins a perfectly good weekend. Friday however, now friday is something to look forward to, especially when the following day is payday, ain't no day finer than that.
But what happens when monday is your friday? Today is monday and I am heading into my weekend, tuesday and wednesday. Thursday becomes my monday and ya know something? It isn't so bad. Maybe everyone should have thursday be their monday.
Anyway, I am planning on going into cody to just do stuff online, like watch videos. Do stuff I can't do here. And tomorrow is payday. Either that or I'll go into the teatons or head up to mammoth. We shall see, I have not yet fully decided. But it's almost 5 and I've been here for 8 hours and I am tired and coops needs to go outside and pee.
14 more days until COB (close of business) and I am done here.
As always, love you all
Ehm
The days of a wild Californian in her native habitat and an Englishman living the Life of Filey without her.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Snow, Snow, Snow Snow!
There was supposed to be a fifty percent chance of rain and snow today. I think we should make that a hundred percent chance of snow. We had a few drizzles of snow on the sixth but today the skies turned white and down came the snow. I have been taking pictures like a fool. As soon as I get home I am going to let coops out (after I put on her sweater) and see how she likes the snow. I am so excited about this I can't even begin to tell you guys.
The worst part is, is that I've had Christmas carols stuck in my head all day (notably the refrain from Let It Snow) and it's not even Samhain (Halloween, All Hallows Eve for those of you who don't know). I am already enjoying the snow and I've gotten snow all over me. hehe, this is a blast and a half.
They were calling for snow tires on the southern road to the teatons and then, about 4 this afternoon, they were calling for snow tires on Sylvan Pass (which is the road that leads west into the park from our entrance) and then, about twenty minutes later or thereabouts, they were calling for the pass to be closed until they could get a plow on the road. All of Yellowstone is under snow.
And it's supposed to be worse tomorrow.
They're calling for winter storm warning conditions from friday morning to saturday evening with 5-10 inches of snow tomorrow. Our meadow is just covered in snow, it is just simply beautiful. I am taking pictures and well, I will, hopefully, at some point in time, get pictures up.
Heck, this is cooler than the Buffalo Bill Museum.
And that was kinda cool. Maybe I'll talk about that at a later time. I had meant to on tuesday (when I went) but I had forgotten to. Maybe I should start making lists of things I do and need to post about.
Anyway, I am for home and I am going to make sure the heat is up in my apartment, gonna get the sweater on coops then watch her react to the snow. I am prediciting that she is not going to like it too much. I think her poor toesies (not rosies) are gonna get cold and she's not gonna like it so much.
We shall see.
As ever, love you all and give extra kisses to the Froglet who is, of course, the important one right now. :P
Ehm
The worst part is, is that I've had Christmas carols stuck in my head all day (notably the refrain from Let It Snow) and it's not even Samhain (Halloween, All Hallows Eve for those of you who don't know). I am already enjoying the snow and I've gotten snow all over me. hehe, this is a blast and a half.
They were calling for snow tires on the southern road to the teatons and then, about 4 this afternoon, they were calling for snow tires on Sylvan Pass (which is the road that leads west into the park from our entrance) and then, about twenty minutes later or thereabouts, they were calling for the pass to be closed until they could get a plow on the road. All of Yellowstone is under snow.
And it's supposed to be worse tomorrow.
They're calling for winter storm warning conditions from friday morning to saturday evening with 5-10 inches of snow tomorrow. Our meadow is just covered in snow, it is just simply beautiful. I am taking pictures and well, I will, hopefully, at some point in time, get pictures up.
Heck, this is cooler than the Buffalo Bill Museum.
And that was kinda cool. Maybe I'll talk about that at a later time. I had meant to on tuesday (when I went) but I had forgotten to. Maybe I should start making lists of things I do and need to post about.
Anyway, I am for home and I am going to make sure the heat is up in my apartment, gonna get the sweater on coops then watch her react to the snow. I am prediciting that she is not going to like it too much. I think her poor toesies (not rosies) are gonna get cold and she's not gonna like it so much.
We shall see.
As ever, love you all and give extra kisses to the Froglet who is, of course, the important one right now. :P
Ehm
Thursday, October 2, 2008
A missing check, a day off and presents
Tuesdays and Wednesdays are my days off. Yesterday Cooper and I went into Cody to buy food because I have finally gotten paid.
I was supposed to be paid last Tuesday but when I checked my bank balance, Nada. So my boss sends out an email basically saying umm...Emily didn't get paid. The quick response is that there was a problem with the routing numbers (?) and so I had a hard copy that is up at mammoth (north end of the park and I am at the east) but they'd send it out ASAP.
Four days later I still do not have it.
More emails are sent and we eventually learn (several days later) that the check has been at lake for several days-no one bothered to send it along. So Sunday Dennis says that I will have my check by Monday come hell or high water. Later on Monday afternoon Dennis returns and asks if anyone got the mail. As I had taken that happy job, I was able to assure him I had not received any mail.
This was not news he wanted to hear. Lake had mailed it to east. Yes, through USPS. Although there wasn't an envelope for me, there was one for the East Entrance and inside that envelope was my check.
So now I have a few bucks and all I have to do is deposit it into my account. So I head into Cody on the look out for Wells Fargo. Only there is no Wells Fargo...yet. The First Shoshone National banks will become WF, but not for another couple of weeks. But, the kind souls that they are, they are willing to cash a check drawn off of the national treasury. I suppose they can assume the government's good for it.
So Coops and I spent a whole day in Cody, did some shopping and had a nice evening relaxing at home.
Today we took our time getting up and, letting cooper out to pee, I started my laundry. a dollar to wash a dollar to dry. I have a roll of quarters I remembered to get from the bank. And I had a sovereign mission while I am here in Yellowstone and that is to get people stuff.
I like to buy stuff. Fishing Bridge is the closest general store (a place where I can buy goodies and stuff for people-whoohoo)and, as it is closing next Monday, I thought it would behoove me to get my backside over there today to go and buy the stuff people have requested.
So Coops and I got into the car and drove. We stopped at Sylvan Lake, took some pictures, drove up a little further, stopped at an overlook and took some pictures of Lake Yellowstone and some pretty impressive verga. A nice drive through Pelican Valley and finally we reached Fishing Bridge.
And what did I find?
A whole section of stuff 50% off. I am a girl and things were on a killer sale. I am weak and I needed to buy Christmas presents. I came, I shopped I conquered. Although, I did manage to resist a $5 item cashier was trying to get me to buy. I was not that weak. I was proud of myself. ha! I do have willpower! Go me.
I had fun.
And now it is the end of the day, I have a chicken boiling in a crock pot and it has made the inside of my apartment smell all so delightful. Cooper is whining to get out of the entrance station and so I think I will say goodnight.
We shall see what is in store for me next weekend. I am going to try and get to the Buffalo Bill Museum and there is a rodeo in Cody every evening at 8. Who knows what can happen. :D
as ever, love you guys.
Ehm
I was supposed to be paid last Tuesday but when I checked my bank balance, Nada. So my boss sends out an email basically saying umm...Emily didn't get paid. The quick response is that there was a problem with the routing numbers (?) and so I had a hard copy that is up at mammoth (north end of the park and I am at the east) but they'd send it out ASAP.
Four days later I still do not have it.
More emails are sent and we eventually learn (several days later) that the check has been at lake for several days-no one bothered to send it along. So Sunday Dennis says that I will have my check by Monday come hell or high water. Later on Monday afternoon Dennis returns and asks if anyone got the mail. As I had taken that happy job, I was able to assure him I had not received any mail.
This was not news he wanted to hear. Lake had mailed it to east. Yes, through USPS. Although there wasn't an envelope for me, there was one for the East Entrance and inside that envelope was my check.
So now I have a few bucks and all I have to do is deposit it into my account. So I head into Cody on the look out for Wells Fargo. Only there is no Wells Fargo...yet. The First Shoshone National banks will become WF, but not for another couple of weeks. But, the kind souls that they are, they are willing to cash a check drawn off of the national treasury. I suppose they can assume the government's good for it.
So Coops and I spent a whole day in Cody, did some shopping and had a nice evening relaxing at home.
Today we took our time getting up and, letting cooper out to pee, I started my laundry. a dollar to wash a dollar to dry. I have a roll of quarters I remembered to get from the bank. And I had a sovereign mission while I am here in Yellowstone and that is to get people stuff.
I like to buy stuff. Fishing Bridge is the closest general store (a place where I can buy goodies and stuff for people-whoohoo)and, as it is closing next Monday, I thought it would behoove me to get my backside over there today to go and buy the stuff people have requested.
So Coops and I got into the car and drove. We stopped at Sylvan Lake, took some pictures, drove up a little further, stopped at an overlook and took some pictures of Lake Yellowstone and some pretty impressive verga. A nice drive through Pelican Valley and finally we reached Fishing Bridge.
And what did I find?
A whole section of stuff 50% off. I am a girl and things were on a killer sale. I am weak and I needed to buy Christmas presents. I came, I shopped I conquered. Although, I did manage to resist a $5 item cashier was trying to get me to buy. I was not that weak. I was proud of myself. ha! I do have willpower! Go me.
I had fun.
And now it is the end of the day, I have a chicken boiling in a crock pot and it has made the inside of my apartment smell all so delightful. Cooper is whining to get out of the entrance station and so I think I will say goodnight.
We shall see what is in store for me next weekend. I am going to try and get to the Buffalo Bill Museum and there is a rodeo in Cody every evening at 8. Who knows what can happen. :D
as ever, love you guys.
Ehm
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