Ba badoo ba.

The wife is stuck in Milwaukee. She left Tuesday afternoon and attended a conference in Philadelphia. Late on Wednesday she flew out to Milwaukee to run some trials at one of their mills. The trials are for one of their products that they are trying to launch by the end of the year, so it's been critical and stressful for her. Evidently things went well yesterday but, the trials ran late and she missed the last flight out to Atlanta. Well, it wouldn't have been a problem but, Milwaukee got hit with a snowstorm last night that dumped twelve inches so far and it's continuing to fall. This mornings flight was cancelled and the one o'clock is full. It looks like she's not going to get out of there until five - if all goes well. I feel bad for her. She's stuck in a hotel room, exhausted from her travels and she can't get home. She called a few minutes ago and I could tell she's getting very antsy. I'm also worried because her drive to the airport is normally twenty minutes and now, who knows how long it will take. Furthermore, she hasn't driven in that much snow since we left northern Pennsylvania ten years ago.

The boy and I are just hanging today. A cold front pushed through this morning and brought with it a lot of wind and rain. I see in the back yard that we have a number of tree limbs down. The temperature has dropped twenty five degrees from what is was yesterday. So, we've stayed inside. He watched "The Jungle Book" which has become his new favorite and now he's taking his nap.

Some random Christmas thoughts that I have been thinking of was the time our family and grandparents made the trek from northern Pennsylvania to northern Virginia to spend the holidays with my Aunt, Uncle and Cousin. The excitement of the trip set in once my sister and I learned of it. It was always exciting to go visit my cousin, but going for Christmas was unbelievable! A few things I remember from the trip are the deer that we saw on the front lawn on Christmas morning. Then there was my sister getting up to go look at the presents under the tree and the adults were just getting into bed. I don't think she slept a wink that night. I don't know if that was the year that we received our Atari from Santa but, my cousin got one and we played that thing nonstop, for the remainder of the trip. There's a picture of my uncle sitting on a toilet in the middle of the living room. My grandparents brought a toilet with them because a bathroom was being built in the basement and they put the toilet under the tree with a bow on it. We all went to Eve Mass and my cousin and I couldn't stop laughing all the way through. Stern looks were given by all the adults... but we didn't care. It was Christmas. My mind is kind of foggy about the details, because it was some years ago but, I will tell you this - it was a damn good time.