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So right now I'm sitting in my living room, kind of exhausted, looking at a green chair that used to sit in my Grandmother's living room. This weekend was eventful, and I'm tired.
Crysta and I went down to Milwaukee so we could spend father's day with my parents (along with some other family members). We went to the Brewer's game on Sunday, and like any game of baseball, it was a good time. I've never been a huge sports person, but I love watching a good live baseball game.
Honestly it was an amazing day.
Before I left town on Saturday though, I swung by the local No Kings protest here in Eau Claire, and then spent a chunk of time at the local Pride celebration. I tend to be a bit of a shut in these days, so with all the awful stuff in the news it was nice to remind myself that there are good people in the world willing to stand up for what's right and for each other.
My grandmother passed away not that long ago, and one thing I had my parent set aside for me was a chair. I realize that it looks a bit more gold in the photo, but trust me when I say it's green in real life. This morning I loaded it into my pickup and drove it across the state and got it into my living room. I loved this chair as a kid, and importantly... it swivels. And when I was growing up adults would always yell at me not to spin the chair. Well guess what, it's my chair now.
And no one can stop me from spinning.
I dunno -- it was just a lot of stuff in a short amount of time. We also went out to dinner after the baseball game yesterday, but I think I'll give my full opinion on that later this week in a different blog post. Because we went to a restaurant none of us had been to before, and uh... I have thoughts.
That was vague. I'm being vague. You're just going to have to be okay with that.
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I had this terrible feeling they were going to end up stranded on the side of the road. Mind you, we don’t know yet that the gas station is open, but still.
Y’know, I’ve never understood how people end up off the side of the road. I mean, all you have to do is slow down. And if it’s still not safe, you pull off.
Lo and behold though, any time I have to drive in bad weather (especially on the stretch of I65 between Chicago and Lafayette, IN where I live) I see half a dozen cars in the ditch.
What I</ don’t understand is how people end up on the side of the road when the weather isn’t all that bad. Then again, these are probably the same people who are eager to pass me when I’m doing around 55 in a 45 mph zone…
First, I love the action in the last panel.
Second, ending up in the ditch is very very easy. All you have to do is hit a patch while driving too fast. A slick patch, a non-slick patch, a patch of hard snow, a patch of gravel, doesn’t matter. And ‘too fast’ doesn’t always mean fast. 10mph can be too fast in some situations.
After my wife and I bought our current car, when we got the first snowfall of the year I drove out to a local parking lot that hadn’t been plowed yet and purposefully did my best to lose control to see how the car felt and reacted in those conditions. Losing momentary control isn’t the problem — it’s not knowing how to recover.
This is true.