Lazier day

We stayed closer to home today. We ran out to Newburgh which is a really cute town on the Ohio River. If you didn't know that was a river (which it obviously is. The Ohio is big but not that big) you'd think this was a New England coastal town. It's obviously what they were reaching for and they more or less succeeded.

We mostly went shopping. There was a cute tea shop (because I need more tea) and a couple of bead/gem/new age shops. I picked up a necklace that had a barren tree against the moon which is one of the images that always speaks to me. I picked up a tiger eye worry stone and a little snowflake jasper marble at another.

ELD and I hit a shabu shabu joint for lunch which was pretty enormous. Mine came with a pile of thinly sliced beef. her's came with a possessed hot pot that didn't want to stay on.

We all went out, ELD, her mom and sister, to another restaurant that had a burger I want to attempt at home, covered with an onion/bacon jam, a sweet pepper jam and brie cheese.

Tomorrow I need to drive home. It's supposed to rain and snow so cross your fingers for me.

Watching the dead files and I've met the person with the ghost in Huntington where he's a dentist (or was)

That was a lot of anxiety about nothing

So last night watching TV at evil_little_dog's house there were school closings all over southern IN/KY and that's where I would have been driving today to get home. Then I google my area and it said temps around 35 with a 'wintery mix.' That didn't make me jump for joy. Then coincidentally at one of my early morning pee breaks (the joys of being an aging diabetic) I was awake when I got a text from the sheriff in Jackson to tell me about a level one snow emergency. Um well fuck.

It was raining when I packed the car and checked out. I gave some consideration to staying one more day on ELD's couch but there are things to grade for mid terms on monday. After a yummy breakfast, I decided since it wasn't raining any more, I needed to go home (tomorrow is to be warmer but very very rainy).

And literally that bit of rain when I was packing was it. It was a gray but perfect day for driving and my GPS is on crack. In spite of the addresses being identical to when it took me to KY and on toll roads, this time it took me exactly where I needed to go (Basically I only need it on ELD's end of the journey. I know the roads from here to her town. I'm good with directions.)

I got Kanda who refused to let me pet him in the carrier at the pet lodge. They said he was perfect, running all over the building and one of the girls wanted to take him home. I'm sure they say that to everyone but still it's nice to hear. He cried all the way home and now won't let go of my leg which would be cute but he's been dreaming for over an hour, running against me (oops, he just woke up crying and is trying to sit on my chest but he's 22 pounds and I might die)

It's international woman's day but I had too many hours on the road to be able to do anything for it.