Is it winter yet?
Two weeks of winterizing and I think I'm finally done with the whole yard thing. My parents were out last week and my dad helped me cut down some trees and fence off the fence so Gracie can no longer escape. Today, I took set number two of all the slashings we collected out for the garbage man. I was much more on board with throwing them in my truck and dumping them in the mountains or just having a giant bonfire, but my dad insisted on tying them all up. It's going to be weeks before I can get them all out for the garbage man.My dad also split some wood for me. I needed just a few large logs split. He went a little overboard and created enough firewood to last me for years. I tried to tell him he's splitting wood for others because I can't use that much wood, but he insisted he likes splitting wood. I usually only have a fire going when it's below zero and I need to keep the basement pipes from freezing.
Yesterday, I woke to discover one of my deals from work was being broadcast to millions on the Today Show. I immediately went into panic mode. Not that the deal wasn't correct, but holy hell what if it wasn't? The massive spike in traffic caused major slow downs on the site. This was worse than last week's article in the LA Times where the reporter used my analysis to show one of our partners in kind of a negative light. They spun it nicely, but oops. That said, everything I did was right and the hotel had to concede the point. I guess it's good that what I do is helpful and being seen by people, but I prefer when things are a little less public. I'm already paranoid enough about what I publish, I don't need the national press doing QA for me.
posted by E @11:40 PM