Well, friends, it has been exactly one month since I was here last. For the shortest month in the calendar year, it sure was jam-packed.
Work....work has been IN-SANE. Last year's snow season (end of Nov - mid Feb) dropped about 21" of snow. Total. This month? This February ALONE? I believe the count is now at about 26. We had to have 3 more inches to beat the record that has stood since 1910. CRAZY.
Anyway, all that snow means that in this month, ALONE, we've billed (as of the report I ran right before I left today) about 1.82 MILLION dollars (Last snow season's total was about 1.6 - TOTAL). Needless to say, there have been a lot of tired guys running around the office, and I've been putting in long, long LONG weeks - but I'm really proud to say that I work with a really great team, and we're looking forward to SPRING!
Our 2nd married Valentine's came and went - Joe & Brandi came to town for the 3rd V-Day in a row....we had tickets to see Billy Gardell at the Columbus FunnyBone, and we had Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Billy Gardell was HILARIOUS.
It has been a fairly strained and tense couple of weeks in the King household. We've really had to lean on our 7-year history together to get us through the last couple of weeks. Without going into too much detail, I just ask that whoever reads this shoots up an extra prayer that we make it through everything unscathed and stronger than ever. We're both stubborn and hard headed, but at the end of the day, we made vows, and....well....that's all I can really say.
The Winter Olympics are coming to an end as I speak, as the USA and Canada are fighting it out for the gold in Men's Hockey. What an exciting game! I have to admit, I haven't watched much of the Olympics at all this year. All I really watch anyway is ice skating, and it seems it never would come on until late at night. I've watched curling with interest (if those people are athletes, I have wings and can fly) and of course watched with horror the luger from Georgia that was killed in practice. It's hard to believe that the last Olympics were the Summer ones of '08; Chris and I got married right at the end of them.
Well, Canada just won it in sudden death. I fell so bad for the American goalie (Brian Miller)....he had so many goals shot and shot and shot at him, and he let the last one go. Oh well.....................
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Chris and I are pretending it's summer and cooking steaks out on the grill, and I'm making pasta salad. Spring is only 20 days away!!!
