Every time I'm hooked up to an EKG or something and the tell me to relax, I panic and start to freak out.

Seriously, I know.

When they get it wrong they do it with a flair around here. We just had 4 inches of "flurries"!

Normally I like running empty to the cold storage for a pick up......not today! I'd much sooner have 30,000 - 40,000 lbs in the trailer when there's winter weather.

We had your flurries last night, LK. Nothing hit the ground, just whirled around vaguely all night.

We are still getting lake effect, and still gonna get it for another day or two.

Its 8.28.
I should be dressed and thinking about setting off for work.

Christmas 'works do' last night. We were late because of Marks shift. By the time coffee and brandy's arrived I had to drive Mark home because he fell ill. Really weird, cold hands and face and legs, but he himself was burning up! I was really scared (I'd don't drink and drive) I'd had 2 huge glasses of the most wonderful Red.

Spent most of the night cleaning up after him in the bathroom. How can someone be so sick?

Now he's asleep and I'm Knackered!

S***, get to work Trudi

I got to experience your lake effect snow yesterday Twist. Went to Fredonia and ran through bands of blizzard and then stretches of nothing! Odd how that works. Cassadaga had 3 feet on the ground and Fredonia just 6 miles away had 4 inches!!!!!!!

Easy day today. Just down to Elizabeth and back then meet with our safety director.

More Christmas shopping today. Teenage girls are the hardest to shop for. ugh

Not if they tell you exactly what they want

Your post reminded me of my mom and what I wanted at Christmas.
One year, I asked for a leather coat. Keep in mind it's cold this time of year. She buys me this hideous GREEN blazer with poufy sleeves and a tie belt. Open from the neck to waist. I hated it. I must have gone shopping with her a thousand times all year showing her (hinting?) the ones I loved and she buys me this shitty thing. It had no liner. It was meant to be a fashion piece, not a winter coat. I had to wear that thing in a freezing cold winter because she insisted it's a good winter coat.

Another year it was her interpretation of the long brown suede coat with a fake fur collar. I wanted a specific one.... without the stupid fur cuffs on the sleeves. They only get matted, dirty and nasty. Guess what coat I got? The one with the nasty fur sleeves. I couldn't even take the cuffs off because they were not laid over the suede sleeve but an extension of it!

Now I know she tries to mean well but she always tried to snooker me by saying how good these are and better than the ones I asked for. I NEVER complained to her about them. That would be too hurtful. But she knew she put her spin on things. She always said the "line of shit" as I opened the present, "Isn't that nice? It's better than the one you wanted and it took me forever to find it". She did this with all of us too. She always put her weird little spin on things. I must admit, as we got older and moved out, she's been 100% better at this. I've not complained (to myself of course) about a gift from her since I moved out in 1978. Weird how that happens!

I have to run all over creation today. First to Elizabeth then drop that trailer and pick up one so I can deliver in Reading and afterward run over to Boyertown and pick up a load coming back to the plant. It won't get any better for the weekend either as I have to be all over hell doing stuff tomorrow too but, at least it's not work stuff.