January 9, 2011

• Blizzard of 2011? Already?

   

  I barely have the holiday decorations down and the new year has already started on sort of an odd note.  

  First a little sadness.  My neighbor, a wonderful gentleman that spent a career in public service, was a friend to everyone he met and was affectionately known as "the mayor of Virginia Highlands" passed away.  He watched out for me.  He called if a strange car was around for more than a day and always would touch base with me.  I met him within ten minutes of showing up with the new keys to my house and was comforted knowing that I had a guardian.  I will miss him terribly. 

  My Ashtanga studio is less than two miles from my home.  I take odd backroads to and from the studio to avoid traffic lights.  After my fourth turn, I realized that I was being followed.  There is a sort of turn around on one of the streets in the neighborhood.  When I did a full circle they knew that I was onto them and at the next stop, I turned right and they turned left and pulled over.  A few months ago, we had a crime spree in the neighborhood where a car would block you in your drive way, rob you, steal your car and be gone within a minute.  This has made me very conscience of the cars around me so I was very unsettled.  I went to my honey's house and we traded cars for the night.  The next morning, a car matching the description of the one that followed me was involved in a robbery of the CVS in my neighborhood.  This really pisses me off.  No only for my safety but for the fact that I pay a ZILLION dollars in property taxes and WHY can't we do something about this?  

  This was especially unsettling since my neighbor is gone.  I would have called him in this situation.  

  But today is Sunday, a new week and sure enough we have the blizzard of 2011. 

  

  This is within two hours of the snow starting.  Funny, my thoughts are on how I can be sure to log onto my work computer in case I don't have power and download the worksheets that I need to work on our financials.  The audit starts Thursday and I am so close to being done my work.  Hey, I can do these spreadsheets in my Uggs and jammys ~ as long as I have power and the internet is up and running!  

  Yes, I am taking joy in the fact that it is beautiful outside.  I laughed my tailfeather's off when I watched little Peanut's reaction to snow.  She started to run towards it then when she realized it was cold and slick ran back inside.  She then ran out again to hide under a chair where there wasn't any snow.  She remained timid until she realized that packed snow was similar to ice and she loves ice cubes.  

  This first week of the year has been both funny and sad.  Tomorrow when I wake up and the light is on the snow, it will be as if Atlanta is sleeping.  I can take a breath and see if I can slow the pace down a bit.  Watch the dogs play in the snow, work on the spreadsheets and breathe.  

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