The Calm before the Storm

Well, the amount depends on who you watch, but we are supposed to get snow, changing to rain tonight, and then changing back to snow on Wednesday morning. But, Tuesday morning dawned cold and clear.

Work was again a bit frantic. When I went home for lunch, I took some photos of the unused AT&T telephone line that come down. I didn't see it when I took the trash out and then left for work and was a bit shocked when I pulled in at lunch. I posted them, then.

Back at work, I called AT&T and reported the line down. I had to go through a lot of recorded messages, but I don't feel qualified to take it down, myself. Finally, I was told somebody would come out within the next four days and pull it off the house.

I was beat when I got home from work, but I went out and took some more photos of the tree branch that I believe caused the problem (I had an offline question asking what happened).

Like I said, I was beat, so I decided tonight was not a night to make another dinner, or to just eat leftovers. So, I made a simple salad with the rest of the leaf lettuce, a little chopped celery (for crunch), a bit of radicchio (for bitter) and some sliced red onions. I am convinced that raw red onions are the best in a salad, followed only by Vidalia's when they are in season. Anything else: yellow, sweet, white, etc. is too strong for my taste.

I tossed everything and let that sit and get happy for a bit while I watched the news. Then at about 7:00 PM, I took out a Marie Callender's chicken pot pie from the freezer and made up a simple balsamic vinaigrette dressing for the salad.

I ate the salad, waiting for the pot pie to get done. When it was finished, so was I, so I plated the pot pie. A little salt and I was happy!

I went to bed around 11:00.