For the most part, work is bearable. Occasional crazy moments followed by down time to recooperate but this week, especially the last few days of this week, have been psychotic to the point where I seriously considered skipping out today - and then I remembered that the shit would still be here next week so I figure I'll do my best to wade through most of it today. Shouldn't surprise me though, the accountant is going on vacation for a week and everyone is up in arms to get things done before she leaves today. The way I see it, once she's gone, I'll have a little time to breathe!
It's a bit quiet at the moment, hence this update, but in 10 minutes I'll be going out on an errand and from then on, the day will roll downhill towards 5PM. We've got a full weekend planned: Mission Raceway tonight and then we leave for Mt. St. Helen's Saturday morning, returning Sunday night. Last year's cruise was a load of fun but it rained and it was too foggy to see the mountain. Considering the weekend is supposed to be a scorcher, I'm expecting I'll actually get to see it this year.
And just in case I don't have time to come back for more goodness, I thought I'd take this time to wish everyone a great weekend and to share this week's KFF:
Yesterday D and I headed out for our first cruise with the car club down to Mt. St. Helen's. Met the small group (5 cars) out before the border, headed down and met up with another group. Along the way, before meeting up with the second biggest group at the base of the mountain, we had an envoy of 14 cars.
But that's nothing, when we pulled into the lot at St. Helen's there were a bunch more cars waiting. Didn't look like that many until we pulled in to the first overlook and started filling in the overflow parking lot
Yes, 38 [Edit: Apparently, the final count was 48 cars - and no, I didn't count them in the picture] cars take up a lot of space. Check it out:
Spot our beauty and get bonus points...
Apparently, we made the news too. I read on the forums that during the noon newscast it was mentioned that the station had received a call from state patrol that a "large group" of custom cars (I guess when you put us all together we all look custom), were making their way down the I-5 and causing all kinds of trouble! Not sure at "trouble" but we did get a lot of onlookers!
D and I actually went into the observatory at the top of the mountain and while in there, we lost the fellow Canucks so the drive home was much quieter (confession: who knew walkie talkies would come in so handy? Yes, there is a method to our madness) and D was exhausted so we had to stop a few times. Walked in the house at 10:30 and by 10:45 we were both snoring.
It was a fun filled day and a great way to meet some of the group members. Great bunch of people, everyone was super friendly and the organizers did a fantastic job. I can't wait for the next one!
I took some picture, which won't be posted until tomorrow but in the meantime, check out the pics of the event care of a fellow LXer Mr. Galloway.
Now we just have to wash Mean Mary...
P.S. We didn't get to see the mountain.
