Yesterday was a holiday in the United States — the birthday of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King. I had the day off work, but worked anyway. I finished helping my recently deceased sr. pal’s daughter clean up her mother’s condo, took a few more sr. pals to the grocery store to stock up in advance of the oncoming, world-ending, monumental, massive, overpowering, mind-boggling…
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\n…storm of the century! Or at least of this week.<\/p>\n
Man, you’d think a prediction of 3 to 5 inches (7.6 to 12.7cm) of snow was indicative of massive disruption. Well, at least that prediction strikes terror into the hearts of the World’s Number One Weather Wimps<\/em>: DC area residents. [Update, well “they” were wrong — we actually will get much more snow than that, 6 to 8 (16 to 20cm) inches.]<\/p>\n When I got home about 1:30pm, it was sunny and mild — 53F (11C). I checked on my spouse, and he was okay and would be fine if I left him alone for a few hours. My brother and his wife were visiting my nephew and his wife and greeting a yet-to-be-met Great Nephew who was born last week. I decided to hop on the Harley and go see my newest family member myself.<\/p>\n Ahhh… sweet… can’t say enough about warm sunny “bonus riding days” in January. Leathers on, boots on, time to R-I-D-E!<\/p>\n Life is short: carve out fun time when you can!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday was a holiday in the United States — the birthday of Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King. I had the day off work, but worked anyway. I finished helping my recently deceased sr. pal’s daughter clean up her mother’s condo, … Continue reading