Is
it only Tuesday, or is work starting to be like that movie “ Groundhog Day”. Seems the expression, same old thing applies
here, cause I feel like today was very much like yesterday, which will be pretty
much like tomorrow. In the movie, Phil (Bill Murray) wakes
up to find that he is reliving February 2. The day plays out exactly as it did
before, with no one else aware of the time loop,
and only Phil aware of past events. At first he is confused, but, when the
phenomenon continues on subsequent days, he decides to take advantage of the
situation with no fear of long-term consequences: he learns secrets from the
town's residents, seduces women, steals money, drives recklessly, and gets
thrown in jail. However, his attempts to get closer to Rita repeatedly fail.
My groundhog day is not as exciting as this, as it
really consists of the daily grind or routine that plays out. Go to work, cook dinner, go to the gym or
exercise, take the kids to soccer, watch some TV, write a blog post, have a
beer or shot of tequila, wash up for bed, set clock, and repeat for a few
days. Don’t get me wrong, every now and
then the routine is broken up in one way or another, and if I ever win the
lottery, things will change a little.
The winter is like this, so let’s bring on spring.
Speaking of spring, the weather is really mild
lately, and perhaps one of the warmest January I can remember. Today was really warm and I see people
posting on Facebook that it hit 60 in their car…of course the wise crack was
that the speed limit is 55. I went to
Trader Joes during lunch, hey that is a break in the groundhog day routine, and
it was very warm. Made me want to go out
for a run or a bike ride.
Today in history “A record high daily
temperature of 55 degrees was set Tuesday afternoon at Long Island MacArthur
Airport as January went out like a lamb.
The
high at 1:55 p.m. exceeded the old Jan. 31 record of 51 degrees set in 1988 at
the Ronkonkoma monitoring station, the National Weather Service said. The
records at Islip date to 1984.
So, I guess my friend Barbara really hit 55 and
was just too far into the Island and her car recorded the wrong
temperature. Hey, at least she wasn’t speeding,
like someone else I know (Mary Anne). It’s
incredible what you can find out on facebook.
Get ready, cause in a few days, the face of facebook is going to change
to timeline. Most of you won’t get it,
but the two peeps I am talking about will.
Ground hog day.
I think it is in Feb. If he/she sees a shadow we get 6 more weeks
of what ? Winter or what we have been
having since November ?
Photo of the day “Wacky Weather”
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