November 28, 2010

• Another "We Planned To... But" day:

  We were aiming towards the Rognes' for a day of sledding and snowball fights, but the road was awful (four lanes of two-way highway snowed in to two slushy tracks).  I thought I remembered a gas station on the south side of the bridge, but after a mile of watching for a suitable turn-around-to-go-back-to-town-for-gas, I knew I had put us in a bad place.  By the time I found a side road that was plowed, I realized we weren't going back to town for gas, we were going back to town for good.

  I do not carry a cell phone.  I have a pre-paid phone that Kirby insists I bring on car trips, "just in case."  I figure that the pioneers crossed the plains in their covered wagons without cell phones, certainly I can drive about town without one.  As of today, I can see how my lack of cell phone can be a serious inconvenience for other people.  I could not call to tell the Rognes we weren't coming until nearly two hours after they expected us to arrive.  If Dave hadn't been busy helping an elderly neighbor, he might have been out trying to find us.

  We dragged our disappointed selves back to the house and settled in near the fireplace.  I crocheted a glove for Mari -- neat, but I don't think I'll bother completing the pair; the yarn is too thick, making them very uncomfortable -- she'd never wear them.

  Kylee came over to learn to crochet, so I started her on a hat.

  Bright outside.  Snow, clouds, diffused light from town / moon.

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