snow day

another snow day for the tri-state. and just for the record, just how many "tri-states" are there? when i lived in jonesboro, we got the memphis tv stations and they referred to their area as the "tri-state" which included western tn, eastern ark, and ne miss. then i move to cincy and they call this the "tri-state" because of nky, swohio, and seindiana. does new york city refer to itself as the "tri-state" because of nj, ny, and conn? these are things that keep me up at night.

speaking of which, shout out to t-roy for being my first commenter on the butterbean blog! thanks, bro. you're one in a million!

speaking of keeping me up at night, yesterday was my birthday. a little anti-climatic this year due to the whole butterbean arrival countdown, but still a great day. we went to lunch with the staff for mine and philliam's b-days at olive garden. everyone kept going on and on about how we chose olive garden instead of some steak and potatoes joint. as phil told them, "we have class and couth." just because we watch wrestling and monster trucks doesn't mean we don't enjoy a nice chianti with our veal marsala. j/k on that last one. i don't even know what a chianti or veal marsala tastes like, but i'm sure they're good.
anyhoo, we did the day as normal after that, and kim was planning to take me out to supper with neil and emily for my b-day. i went online to fishbowl.com last week and signed up for all the birthday mailer lists through my new junk email (blueashtj@gmail.com) and was able to sift through the various offers of free desserts and entrees and the like. i chose famous daves, but as i was reading the posts on the slickdeals.net site, i found that our fd's in springdale had closed! poppycock! now i had to choose a new restaurant. i chose texas roadhouse, because they sent me 2 things...a free cactus blossom, or a free appetizer. kim informed me that the cactus blossom thingy didn't expire until april 16th, so i'll wait on that one. neil and emily liked cheese fries, so we got those and they were good. i was a little (dawson) leery because of my experiences with the loaded fries at italianette (explosive is the only word that comes to mind), but they were good in moderation. i caved in and upgraded to the 11-oz sirloin, and finished it. it was a good steak. then we went back to the house and had a coldstone birthday ice cream cake. dang it was good. yellow cake with butterfingers and cake batter ice cream all layered up. mmmmmm...cake.....

i didn't fall asleep until around 1150, and the white death was supposd to start around midnight, but it hadn't started at around 330, which is when the indigestion hit. the quick pepcid chewable took that problem and smashed its face in, and i read for about a half hour. then at 6, as i was snoozing away, the phone rang and it was the calldown for teachers. 90 minute delay was the cry. i think i heard teachers rejoicing across the city. i had to wake up cranky, even though she said she was awake and she had to make her call. that's some sort of psycho thing that teachers have to endure on snow days, is to receive a call at an unfortunate hour and then make a call to pass the word on. i think they should just whisper the message, and have them pass it on like that old game telephone. anyway, now i was really awake. the tv went on as we searched the surrounding schools and the various delays. finally there it was...sycamore community schools 90 minute delay. the phone call was justified. the alarm was set for 730, so kim decided to set hers for 730 as well. hers went off about a minute before mine. i got up and went to the shower. as i started the water, i heard a commotion in the bedroom. another call. school's out. more rejoicing across blue ash. she went back to bed. i finished getting ready, and here i am.

working on a snow day.
and the roads were not bad at all. maybe all those drivers having trouble are from arkansas.
j/k.
well, maybe not.