Last Time We Had Weather This Bad in California, It Turned into Killer Tornadoes When It Arrived on

[queerbychoice]

So the nice company I work for has this annual thing where they give us a day off in December for "holiday shopping time." Although I certainly appreciate the free time, something about going shopping on the specific say that my workplace allocated for that purpose just makes me feel way too much like an obedient lemming, so I always strive to go shopping on a different day.

This year, my designated "holiday shopping day" is the upcoming Monday, so I hurriedly did all my shopping today instead. Since the weather is so atrocious today (cars are having to avoid whole lanes on major streets because the lanes have been transformed into massive three-foot-deep lakes), there wasn't even any very noticeable increase in crowds. The only thing that didn't go perfectly is the very first thing I tried to accomplish on the excursion - delivering a large envelope to the post office for lm. I wanted to take it to the post office not only because my apartment complex does not have an outgoing mailbox anymore but also because I'm not positive how many stamps I would need to use. However, the post office is closed; apparently they're having their own "holiday shopping day" this weekend too.

Perhaps I shall just stick a bunch of stamps on it until I figure I've put enough on. But then I'd still have to go drive around in search of a mailbox since I haven't got one at my place of residence. I'll probably just drive to the post office again on Monday.

Comments

[annaclaire.livejournal.com]

i think that is supposed to cause "significant snowfall" in south dakota later this week!

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

It would be more interesting if it caused "significant snowfall" here. The all-time record amount of snow to ever fall in Sacramento in recorded history was 3.5 inches in January 1888. The record in "recent history" was two inches in February 1976, when I was a three month old fetus still in the womb - so although I've seen plenty of photographs of my parents playing in that particular snowstorm, I didn't exactly get to see it for myself.

[annaclaire.livejournal.com]

back home, during the winter, the snow usually would pile up until it was well past my waist -- and i'm over 6 feet tall.

once when i was a junior in high school, we had a blizzard that went on for over a week. that year, we missed 35 days of school on account of snow.

i miss those days! it was 45 degrees today.

[queerbychoice.livejournal.com]

I want to miss 35 days of work!!!!!

See, I need to live someplace where it snows.

[lm.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're so sweet! I can't wait to get it now! *dances in anticipation, then stops when dizziness ensues* Oops. Forgot the sick factor.

[sapphiretrance.livejournal.com]

I had a dream that I was driving with friends and we got sucked up by a tornado, and while we were in the tornado I was thinking, "I'm *so* going to die when we hit the ground," but then someone else said, "not necessarily.... just because we left the ground with enough speed to take flight doesn't mean we'll hit it at the same speed."

I blame your post for this dream.

~sapphiretrance