And now we wait....

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- For two thrill-packed days of work. Following routine court this morning, I am now beginning a stretch of meeting with/appearing for seven different clients in four different places 70 miles apart in just over 24 hours. That follows four different client meetings in the past two days, and following these will be a court appearance and at least one client appointment Friday.  Oh, and we're going out tonight.

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- For the Sturm und Drang of the Century to get here, just in time for me to try to get out of here. As soon as I booked a plane ticket to NYC on Monday for the Hamilton matinee this coming Sunday, the weather idiots immediately started mongering about OHNOESTHISCOULDBETHEBIGONE!- all the while waffling about whether it was likely to happen or not.  Early yesterday, they upped the headline to OMGWTFSNO!!!!!, still disclaiming any certainty- and today? The messy mix continues: scary tweets like this-




-with, of course, this:

Forecasters at the National Weather Service are also fine-tuning some details as to how much it will affect the region as the weekend draws closer.

"While the models are still in fairly strong agreement, they have both shifted their track for the cyclone farther south by some 50 to 75 miles," the weather service said. "This may not sound like much, but it would place the area of heaviest synoptic snow south of our region."

It cautioned, however: "That being said, there are still several days before the system will impact the region and the forecast track could shift back to the north, so we need to be very vigilant as we progress through the end of the work week. It would be foolish to let your guard down at this point."

So, in other words, throw a dart.  In my case, a very expensive dart; I've got plane and theater tickets riding on this. The latter are covered by insurance, which does cover me for not showing up for the show IF there's an advisory or state of emergency declared.  The plane ticket is not insured- although I imagine they'll refund it if the damn thing can't get off the ground.  One option would be to bail on the airline and just drive out of here before it hits on Saturday- risking getting stuck in it anyway and/or not being able to get home.

All of a sudden, planning this for January doesn't seem like such a great idea- although the first set we ordered last year, which were in mid-March (I sold them to a friend), also involved a fearmongering winter storm.

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- For the government to reopen.  It hasn't affected me at work or us at home to any significant extent, although I've heard the judiciary runs out of money sometime this month.  I miss grownups.