I Made It!

[kelly_chambliss]

The east coast of the US was hit with a massive snowstorm over the weekend, so I wasn't sanguine about my chances of flying into NYC today (Sunday). But to my surprise, my flight wasn't cancelled, it wasn't late, I had no problem getting a cab at the airport, and the streets, while messy, were mostly clear. I reached my partner's apartment with no trouble at all. We went out for a pleasant late lunch /early dinner (omelette with goat cheese and fresh tomatoes and basil, yum), and now we're comfortably warm at home.
 
And I have reliable internet again!!! No more sitting precariously on the edge of the bed in my brother's guest room trying to find the one spot in the house where I could briefly pirate some neighbor's wireless signal. Life is good.

(One weird thing: the package I mailed to NY on Tuesday has not yet arrived, but the package I mailed on Friday arrived not only the very next day, but at the height of the blizzard.)

I am woefully behind on my fest reading, but I can offer you a rec for a short, lovely, angsty Snape, McGonagall friendship vignette -- The Innocence of Snow by mountainmoira, one of my favorite Snape writers. Check out her story In His Name if you haven't already done so. Her lush, evocative prose is a delight.

Comments

[cranky--crocus.livejournal.com]

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you had some serious traveling to do! Hope you're enjoying your holiday.

[diana-hawthorne.livejournal.com]

Glad you got to NYC safely!

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Are you in Texas? No snow there, I'll bet.

[diana-hawthorne.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I am in Texas, and even more unfortunately there is no snow. You'd think that we'd even have slightly acceptable weather for December, i.e. something below 75 degrees, but no.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

I will so trade you! :)

[leela-cat.livejournal.com]

Congratulations. That's wonderful. Enjoy your holiday with your partner.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Hope your Hanukah was lovely.

[fox-murphy.livejournal.com]

That's certainly some excellent luck you have there lol. A few of my friends were in NYC for the weekend and were supposed to fly out yesterday - they're stuck until Tuesday.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

I'm still shocked that everything worked so well. I hope your friends get home soon!

[librasmile.livejournal.com]

Good for you! We've still got folks stranded at our airport and train station here and of course Greyhound cancelled all travel in the Northeast. Sigh.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

I really hate snow.

[queen-of-snapes.livejournal.com]

Glad you arrived safely! I heard about your snowstorm in the news, and it made me wonder what the English would do in a real snowstorm. I mean, the inch of snow on Friday and the ice over the weekend caused a major chaos, especially around the airports.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

I've lived in places that basically shut down when there is even talk of snow and in other places where anything less than a foot is considered fairly minor. But I'll take snow any day over ice storms!

Hope the housemates have settled down.

[therealsnape.livejournal.com]

Good to hear you got home safely.
Holland is under 5 inches of snow right now, no blizzards, but this alone more than suffices to disrupt the entire country. On the radio they advised against trying to take the train today.
Still, it's lovely, the 17th century part of the town is a Dickensian Christmas card.

[kellychambliss.livejournal.com]

Dickensian Christmas card

This does sound lovely. I hope the snow won't keep your Aged C from visiting, though (unless you'd rather it did /g/).

[tetleythesecond]

Glad you were lucky with the flights! I had twice 45 minutes of delays this weekend because of de-icing, but given that others were far worse off, we still considered ourselves lucky.

Enjoy the time with the family!