But not as bad as we were told it was going to be.
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Some detail over the orange decorative object, amongst some other blatherings.
I believe I have mentioned a few times that my bathtub handle was broken, and that I had not heard anything in the three weeks since I had reported it (I have no idea how long before I noticed it that it actually broke, but I'll admit it was a month or so before I reported it - I'd long since given up on the bath water ever getting up past lukewarm and had taken to washing my hair in the sink and taking sponge baths).
Well, I called and asked why nothing had been done since I had reported it, and on Tuesday I got home to a notice that my bathtub had been repaired (THE WATER WAS ACTUALLY HOT within a minute or two of my turning it on) and I TOOK A SHOWER IN MY OWN TUB!!!!!
My daughter picked up the duck we'll eat for Christmas for me on Tuesday. It cost rather less than last year's did, but I did wait till December last year.
We had been getting forecasts of high winds on Tuesday and Wednesday, and temperatures dropping a lot on Wednesday and an ice storm coming through on Thursday, with possible snow. As the time got closer, the forecast got a bit better, though still promising one miserable day. Thursday was nasty - and cold. And I wore my new sweatshirt to work rather than pay attention to dress codes and risk frostbite. It did snow some here in Portland, but it didn't stick to the ground, except in a few spots at the higher elevations around town (I work in an urban snow zone). Friday was clear and a touch warmer. When I left for work, there was a coat of ice on everything not under cover that wasn't flat to the ground (oddly, the ground was pretty dry). When I got off the bus, everything not flat to the ground had ice about a quarter inch thick, and I took my time crossing the bridge, and used the sidewalk around to the ramp up to the main door where I work rather than risk the steps. The temperature got up to the mid forties, so the trip home was pretty much normal. Though I do have to say that, on my way out, I did notice several places where the ice was only just beginning to melt.
One Trader Joe's kosher turkey and a small chunk of beast to roast for Thanksgiving. Check. The parents of the family who will come for dinner do not, as my daughter puts it, do bird.