Change is in the air...

Interesting day today -- I was doing stuff I normally do not do.  First was OC duty -- we decided that we couldn't close and thus, despite the cold, we were open.  I woke up early and packed on the layers -- two long sleeve shirts, two hoodies (double hoods are warmer), a sweatshirt, and my winter coat.  And... we needed people in the back to pack bags and thus I spent the day in unheated but warmer garage.  We were not that busy at first, but ended with 94.  People didn't show up early -- and we barely had 10 walkers -- but after a while I think people realized it was ok enough to get out.  So that was a change!

Then I went to lunch; The Pierogi Lady had a popup in the Village and I decided to check it out.  She was running out of some pierogi but I picked up the Polish trio for lunch and some frozen pierogi for later.  The halushki was ok -- way top much pepper, a shame -- but the pierogi and the chicken paprikash (we all know how I love that) was very solid, and for $16... it was quite worth it.  The only downside it was all takeout, and I prefer to eat it there, pop-up or not.  

Home for a couple of hours, where I caught up on stuff and did some things, and then I decided -- for the first time in a decade -- to go to Saturday Mass.  One, the weather, and two, I have some work to do tomorrow, and I didn't want to stress driving to and from Church.  I ended up being the EM -- just like the usual -- and there were several of my fellow 8:30 Massgoers there (we teased ourselves about "skipping).  It was nice but a bit odd; normally I get to Mass early and see the sun come up through the stained glass windows.  Now, of course, it started light and got dark.  Odd.

Then it was home to catch up on stuff, read, do a spot of work, and wonder how much snow we are going to get.  I do not plan on going out tomorrow -- hence the whole Mass change -- but it is not going to be pleasant tomorrow with the wind, snow, and cold.  I was thinking about all of the people who do have to be out -- all the people at the grocery store, the gas station, the healthcare people, the road crews, the fast food and restaurant workers... on the one hand, a lot of these places don't need to be open, but on the hand, after a long day of snow-plowing and such, you might want to get out of the truck and have a meal.  Hard to close in such a scenario...hell, especially with the salt shortage.  I can see not salting until the snow stops, but...