snowmageddon

so we got about a foot of snow on tuesday/wednesday. they always make it seem like the world is going to stop when that happens. they got like three feel on the east coast and things really did get shut down and people lost power and weren't allowed to drive on the roads. i just had to shovel three times and lola got to play in the snow. i hate how our news makes everything out to be such a big deal. it only took me ten minutes to get my car cleared off and i have yet (and should probably knock on some wood) to get stuck anywhere, like last year. it is pretty here when it first snows, when it's all clean. at this point, though, everything is dirty and peed on and you can see where all the drunks puked when they left archies. where there isn't dirty snow there's slush or ice. weee!! lola isn't even enjoying it anymore. she doesn't play in it. she doesn't get excited about it. it's kind of sad when my chow is over winter.

i think i'm ready to thailand. i have to buy some pet supplies today, but my brother has all of his instructions, i have packed everything i think i'm bringing, there's a pile on my table of things that i'm bringing on the plane. i need to stay awake for the first 5ish hours of the flight so i can get a good night's sleep at the right time. i get into seoul at 6am and would like to be awake all day so i can see the city.

i thought about leaving lola for the month yesterday and almost cried...about a dog. imagine if i had a boy how sad that would be. i'm just nervous. i've never left the country for so long before, especially not alone.

joshua backed out of coming, he can't get any weekends off. i decided that i have to do the elephant thing anyway. i sent them an email today requesting a date. so hopefully on march 6, i'll be here http://pataraelephantfarm.com/index.php?file=brochur caring for my elephant.