a lot more than a lot

last weekend there was a snow storm.. then another tuesday. so i worked two and half days out of five and spent a lot of time at home. a lot a lot. we went for walks around the market and spent one too many nights drinking at zellas with our neighbor friends.

thursday things were mostly back to normal except we fell asleep during 30rock for the second week in a row. i think that means we're old.

friday at work was a warp zone. no one knew what day it was and i was a zombie.

saturday we thought everything was back to normal, snowpocalypse-wise, but it wasn't. i tried to drive through hamden and had a nervous breakdown because there was nowhere for my car to go due to the god forsaken snow. after that we went to target where i got my zen back and we bought some stuff we probably don't need. thank you target. that night we watched harry potter and the chamber of secrets on tv. i don't even know why. peter doesn't particularly like harry potter and i hate movies on tv.

sunday peter went in to work and i shopped annapolis goodwills. i was mostly un-impressed but found a pair of cobalt blue madewell corduroys. driving around i noticed everyone had cars full of giant mylar valentines ballons. it made me happy. then i braved marshalls where the women were aggressive and their children possessed.. at trader joes everyone was buying roses and i felt like a grumpy old maid. later we drank cava and that helped.

wednesday morning we caught a story on WYPR about the new-ish free circulator bus that runs right down our street. this snippet says it all:

IT ALL SEEMS VERY EUROPEAN, IF YOU ASK JACK DUJARDIN, A ONE-DAY VISITOR FROM BRUSSELS, WHO RODE THE ENTIRE ORANGE LINE WITH HIS WIFE:

"You know I saw a nice city of new buildings; beautiful sightseeing. Then we saw an old part of the city, which is a bit, I would say poor, between brackets, huh? So, it's interesting to see both sides in one hour."

now i've got to look at some of these dogs.