Cooking In The Dark

I was up this morning enjoying a cup of coffee and planning my day.  It had snowed and I was wondering when spring would make it’s surge.  The first race of the season is this week-end in Lewiston Idaho. Today is also “pay bills day” so that was poking at my thoughts.  All that and I wanted to get on to blog about the big graupel storm.  Then the power went out!

I thought to myself, “Where is my headlamp”. Then I proceeded to cook up breakfast using my camp stove. The only minor annoyance is that I burned my toast.  Getting ready for work went on without a hitch.

Last night my ride was interrupted by a graupel storm.  The little pellets kind of hurt my face and for a while Rattlesnake Drive was not viable. Between the deer all over the road and people trying to get home after work it was quite busy.  It was a nice fun ride and after leaving most the population behind the snow covered road was un-driven and silently peaceful.

Today is the first of the month and boss #2 is stirring up stuff at work making a job hunt once again present in my mind.  I think I’ll take my vacation early! If only I can make the weekend without a major stress event so I can enjoy the first race of the season. I am hoping that a good weekend will also smoothly transition into Spring Break when I have a friend come to Missoula for some mental rehabilitation … wow, I just had a urge to watch Wallace and Grommet.