We awoke this morning under the threat of the dreaded “Winter Storm Warning.” Actually, I was awake when it was still just a “watch,” but that’s only ‘cuz I get up so goddamn early. Fortunately, this storm is looking like it’ll be pretty wimpy. They say a couple inches of snow this afternoon, then turning to rain, sleet and freezing rain, and then back into snow (snow on top of ice makes for my favorite driving conditions). Supposedly an extra 6 – 12 inches by Thursday morning. Not exactly a monster storm – just enough to be a pain in the ass. Though they say the farther west you are, the more snow it will be, and what with us being about 20 miles west of Syracuse and in what the refer to as the “higher elevations” you never know.

Mostly, I’m hoping my wife can get back and forth to work (actually forth and then back) and then there’s enough snow that we cancel Thanksgiving and we get to hang out at home alone (seeing as I preemptively stocked up on beer – and the little store in the Village actually has one of my preferred brands on sale this week, so I can snowshoe down the hill to get more if need be, though coming back up the hill might be problematic). I’m not especially worried, though, ‘cuz mostly they tend to make a big deal out of these things and scare the shit out of people and then it turns out to be no big deal.

But enough about boring topics like the weather. Let’s talk sports! No, just kidding, though I will say that yesterday evening there was the happy convergence of two sports-related items – an SU game on TV early enough after work that I could stay awake for the whole game (namely because they were playing in Maui and tipped off at 5:45 or so, which means I didn’t have two or three hours of beer drinking before it started), and an SU game where they actually won (not that a win in hoops – unlike football – is all that rare, but it was still nice).

It has just occurred to me that if I don’t take three vacation days between now and 12/31, I’m going to lose them, since I’ll be over the max of 40 days. That is pathetic – when did I become such a company man?