Today’s Business: 2009-12-13
11:15 AM: I’m up.
11:17 AM: [Emmy] called just now to say that she’ll be leaving for the train in about an hour. She”ll arrive here at Altoona, at 3:49 PM.
12:45 PM: Categorized a few more posts.
01:00 PM: We’re currently in the thralls of an ice storm — a smooth, clear sheet of ice now covers the ramp, sidewalks, and any other exposed surface, and it’s quite slippery. Temperature: 30 degrees at present. I just salted the ramp. So it’s not so bad now. But apparently Pittsburgh is experiencing the same thing; [Emmy] has been unable to get a taxi to the train station so far. So, unless the train is late pulling out, she’s not going to get there on time; she’ll have to come tomorrow morning instead; weather permitting.
01:25 PM: [Emmy] just called to say that she just barely made the train; apparently the cab driver had to escort her into the station hurriedly. So, she’s on her way here now. Nephew Garrett will drive me up to get her in an hour or so.
01:40 PM: [Mom] just left for sister Mary Ann’s birthday party for her daughter. Not sure if Garrett, [Emmy] and I will get down there; Garrett says he’ll go if the weather gets better. But so far, it’s not looking good.
03:10 PM: [Emmy]‘s train is running approximately a half-hour late at present.
03:15 PM: Nephew Garrett just arrived to go to pick up [Emmy]. Well, he’s going to have a little bit of a wait, because the train is not even to Johnstown yet. He says though, that the roads aren’t too bad. So we may get to also attend Mary Ann’s party later.
04:00 PM: [Emmy]‘s train left Johnstown sometime within the past twenty minutes or so. She was sleeping when they actually stopped there, and so did not call me immediately. So, we’re leaving for the train station in about ten minutes.
06:25 PM: We’re home. Just walked in the door. After we picked up [Emmy], we shopped at Wal Mart and dined at Cici’s. Putting the groceries away now.
06:30 PM: It turns out that [Emmy] left her cell phone on the train. We’ve called Amtrak to ask them to keep a lookout for it. But I doubt we’ll get it back. We’ve deactivated it on Verizon’s web site and verified that it is indeed disconnected, by calling it — we get a recording now. She’s due for an upgrade anyway, so whenever we next get to Altoona, we’ll go phone shopping and get her fixed up.
06:40 PM: Groceries are put away and we’re taking a nap.
09:00 PM: I’m up again, although [Emmy] will likely sleep a while longer since she was up all night last night preparing for her trip here.
09:15 PM: Mom just got back from Mary Ann’s. Jojo put the star on our Christmas tree prior to leaving, and Mom is now adding decorations to our mantal.
11:15 PM: Categorized some more posts for the Tom’s Diary blog. Now, there are just 467 posts left to process.
11:20 PM: Posted the daily list of post revisions I made today to this, the Tom’s Diary blog. Click here to see it. This list now incorporates more friendly-looking links; something that [Emmy] requested, and which made good sense to implement. Click here for more details about this new format.
02:10 AM: [Emmy] and I just hung out with Mom while she tweaked the tree decorations for a more symmetrical effect. But now, we’re headed to bed. Catch eveyone later today. Take care.