My heart so poor that I could wait for your hands in my pockets

How is everyone doing this chilly Thursday. Snowpocalypse is slowly creeping nearer. We might get a smattering of ice to go with our snow now, but they're still putting us over 10 inches.

Our apartments are annoying. They sent us a message yesterday that we're going to have an inspection for pests...today. I love when they give us 24 hours notice. We spent last night cleaning and goddamn I am sore today. I vacuumed, swept and cleaned, and between that and all the work Jess did, the house looks fairly presentable. I had kind of fallen down on the job while we were all sick, so it needed extra attention. The worst thing about the sudden inspection is that Jess had their transcription certification test tomorrow and the notice camse after the cut off to cancel. I have to work, so they have to be here to tuck Yoda in the bathroom so they can inspect. So that's money that we're out. I don't really care about the money, but I know it bothers Jess.

I think we have enough food laid in for the weekend, though I would like to get some milk and heavy cream, maybe eggs if anywhere has them. You never know if the baking bug is going to get me while we're snowed in.

Our order from Legal Seafood for a two pack of soups arrived last night, so I may save them for Saturday or Sunday dinner. We definitely won't be able to order with so much snow on the ground.

They still can't tell us how much we're getting with any strong certainty. Weather.com is telling me a minimum of 14" and a max of 23". But all the local meteorologists are still holding the totals until at least Friday, maybe Saturday. Even then, we'll know how much we get when we wake up Monday morning and whether it'll be just snow, or snow and ice (yay.)

I'm both nervous and looking forward to the snow. We haven't had a big snow in a while, and it will be pretty. On the other, it means digging out and the threat of losing power when the temps are 15 degrees F. We'll see how it goes.

I don't think I'll need them for Alaska, but I'm glad I got everyone heavy coats for Christmas. We may all need them. I've been wearing mine pretty much all the time when we take Yoda out. It's just be motherfucking frigid. Today, it's getting up to 50, so I'll probably downgrade to a fleece for at least the lunchtime walk. Tonight it's back to 29, so heavy coat it is.

Jess and I are supposed to have date night tomorrow or Saturday. I'm leaning towards Friday, but we'll see. It's Baltimore County Restaurant week, so it's a three course price fixe meal. I don't really need 3 courses, but that's okay. I can manage.

I also really want to try out the new Asian buffet that opened recently. It looks very nice, and hopefully the food is also good. I've been putting off going out because of the cough, but it's mostly doing better. I still cough in the morning, but not nearly as much through the day and evening. I can almost imagine it going completely away eventually.

We were again crazy yesterday, but I spent most of my day filling in slots and calling everyone back. People were so fucking picky about their appointments. I do not understand this thing where you have a STAT order for something serious or potentially serious and then refuse to take the open slot right away, instead telling me that you need this particular time and date. We work hard to get these slots, sometimes having me tetris multiple patients to do it. It can be frustrating. It's like "are you at all worried about the potential clot in your leg, or the lump in your breast?" The answer usually seems to be "not particularly."

I'm still waiting for anything regarding my "rather soon" pay bump. Every time I get a random message, I'm kind of jumping to grab it. Hopefully it'll happen in the very near future.

Okay, time for me to go forth. Everyone have an outstanding Thursday!