Cold out there

Not the temperature, low 20s isn't so awful.  It's just that they're throwing it at us at 20 - 45 mph.  THAT is cold.  Without the wind, and in the sun, it's nice out there.  I'd love to go out with a camera.  But that wind.

Pablo is doing pretty well, all things considered (he doesn't do cold, or snow, and especially not wind).  We just went out and made more yellow snow.  He wanted a longer walk, which works for me, except there's only so far you can walk around here, unless you don't mind walking in the street.  If it is a bit warmer and sunny for a couple of days, we'll get the splashpad back.  Meanwhile, it's got drifts that turned into ice mounds, making it impassable.  Drat.

It might be less windy tomorrow, maybe we can go into Sandy Hook and have a bigger walk.  Maybe find where the river ice goes when it's not in the river, or see if there are any seals around.  Fingers crossed.

Depends on where you're coming from. I guess.

Got a kind of weird comment from someone today when we spoke briefly about my wanting to move.  This person suggested I ought to move to North Carolina, and she would come visit me  and go to the beach.  Ignoring the fact that I really need to get away from the beach.  It's one of the primary reasons I need to move.

I've lived at the beach for 17 years.  How many times has this person come to visit me here?  I can think of two occasions.  And on one of those, we didn't go to the beach anyway.  And this is not for lack of invites.  Not to mention it's only about an hour's drive from where she lives.

Am I missing something here? 

Again, my edit function worked.  I didn't point out the conflict between her statement and actions. I'm getting good at this. 

But I'm certainly not going to move anywhere thinking people will come to visit me.  I'm doing it for me, not for anyone else.

No sympathy from me

I have a problem with one of my relatives.  Well, maybe two.  Relatives, I mean.  I'm expected by one to feel sorry for another who is "all alone" and had "waist deep" snow drifts in her driveway.  She has a husband.  They both have jobs that pay real folding money and give benefits and paid time off.  They live in a huge house whose property taxes are more than my net income for the year (after business expenses).  They can afford to hire a guy with a plow on his truck to clear the driveway.  Why they don't is a mystery to me.

I've been alone for real for 17 years.  I don't get paid time off.  I don't get benefits if I can't pay for them myself.  I can't afford to hire anyone to do my shoveling for me.  But I get it done without making a major sob story out of it.  I don't ask for help.  I don't ask for sympathy.  If I did ask for help, it wouldn't be coming from this particular relative anyhow, she's not one to help anyone except herself.

So why should I be expected to feel anything for her in her "predicament?"  I honestly don't give a damn.  Yeah, I'm being pissy.  But I'm tired of dealing with the smugness, the superior attitude,  and the inability to see beyond the end of their own noses.

What maybe irks me even more is my first impulse was to toss my shovel in the car and go over there to help.  Lucky for me I've learned to edit before acting.

weird holiday

Wound up staying home from work today with a sick stomach.  Seems everybody around here has it, so maybe it wasn't caused by the herring fillets in white wine sauce I had for dinner last evening.  Still, note to self, next time, if there is a next time, wash off the white wine sauce before eating the herring.

I was aided in my decision to stay home by the fact that I missed the train this morning, and the next one was not happening until an hour later.  Forgot this is one of the holidays when NJ Transit goes on weekend/holiday schedule.  Every train is a local (adds about 25 minutes to the ride, one way), and they only run every hour.  I could have gotten to the office by 10 or so.  But I would have spent most of the ride, and a good portion of the day, in the rest room.  Not good.

Did manage to get a lot of stuff done, tho.  So that was a good thing.  Even cleaned up around the house, the realtor is showing it to someone tomorrow morning.  Fingers crossed some more, maybe this will be the one who wants to buy it.

Update on Comcast issue

I never did hear back from the Comcast person who commented on my post of 27 December.  About what I expected.  I have moved on, and will move on from Comcast as soon as I can get this house sold and go somewhere else.  Bottom line recommendation - use gmail or Yahoo mail or any other mail, never never never open an email account associated with the company that brings you internet access.  Of course, 15 years ago I did not know this.