Have you guys been watching the Olympics?
I've been following Ice Skating. It's the only sport I legitimately keep up with, on and off Olympic years. Grand cup series through US Nationals, Four Continents, Worlds, etc. And just so you know Ice Skating is a real sport, because they dance on knifes, on ice, while throwing themselves in the air and spinning with multiple G forces. (And ice skating for real scares me. Ever since I toe picked and flew forward back in 2013, getting hurt really bad--my wrist and arm still hurts at times even now--I haven't skated. Fell off the horse, never got back on, and I'm okay with that. I appreciate seasoned Ice Skaters all the more because of my injury.)
Anywho, I was up pretty late Sunday night watching Ice Skating, without realizing how much is was snowing. I looked out the window just before midnight and was greeted with this most incredible snowy scene. Sky lit up from light reflecting off snow, bright and wondrous. This whole season has been pretty dry.
(This year I finally got complete darkening window curtains. Moved to Utah in 2001, what took me so long??!! Blackening window curtains are a must on snowy nights.)
Just a couple weeks ago we had above normal temperatures around 60 degrees Fahrenheit. It was wonderful! Now it's freezing and I've got a bad case of Spring Fever, which has caused me to Spring clean.
In other news, yesterday my Mom and I had a day mixed with exasperation, frustration, and slight amusement. I ran into the grocery store while my Mom stayed in the car listening to music. When I came out the car wouldn't start. Several attempts, no success. The gas warning turned on right when we got to the store so we thought we would be fine.
Thankfully the parking lot had a lube doc and a gas station. We walked over to the car place and asked if we could barrow a gas can, they had one, and then walked to the other end to get the gas. My Mom was exasperated because she had never ran out of gas. I laughed the whole time because the whole situation was quite amusing. We were lucky that there was a gas station and a lube doc within close walking distance. It was so cold while we were walking. 26 degrees F.
So we get back to the car, put the gas in, tried the ignition again, and nothing. Didn't work! A call to AAA, 1 1/2 hours of waiting (in which I got to peruse a Seagull bookstore while my Mom waited in the car), and the tow guy arrived to check the car. It was the battery! The funny thing is, after he charged the battery for over 5 minutes, the battery showed 100% with each test. He said it was weird and didn't understand why the car had problems in the first place since the battery was testing so well. Ah well. C'est la vie.
Lessons I learned: 1, check the tempurature before leaving the house, as I only brought a sweater, and 2, don't forget gloves! Other than that "ride with the flow," as life likes to throw random bumps at us now and then.
(BTW, I'm listening to Spotify, the Japan Top 50 list. At #1 is this song called Changed by One OK Rock. Never heard this song before, but it's really catchy. Listened to it on loop while writing this post.)
And I just realized that the sport I follow is technically called Figure Skating, not Ice Skating, because that what all the guides say. I don't care enough to go back and fix it. Heh.
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