Ya ever want to smash something good and hard.. yeah... USB controller problems all day long. Spent almost the whole day removing everything and setting it up. testing... testing... thinking I had it licked to have it appear again and not go away. Nothing on the internet to point a finger... all it says is buy a usb hub with power.. duh.. I have those and it changes nothing. I cannot daisy chain nor plug multiple usb hubs into this dock and have it work. I can only plug in six external units and have them work. Any more and it fails. Now why it worked at work has me baffled for now. Working on updates to see if one of them has some help... Stopped to write up my blog and relax a bit.
I watched the snow come down overnight. We added something like four more inches of compressed snow to the existing five or six inches already on the ground. Massive problems on the roads due to the amount of snow and I have no clue why the roads were covered in snow. Im talking main arterial s ..not the side roads. Seemed there wasn't enough plows on the roads to make a difference. Go figure.. Its been almost 7 years since we had this much snow at once. That meant sitting in the house and waiting. Around 11ish the sun broke through and three or four hours later the snow was 2/3rds gone. Roads were mostly dry and the idiots figured now was the time to try and run into someone. We ventured out to quickly return with some food items and a hearty "I aint goin out there with the idiots again soon" comment.
I did take some pictures.. I got out of my chair and with comments from the net got outside and took some pictures before it all disappeared. There was little but white and white but I did snap a few interesting ones. I got some Bohek on and edited a few for width... Worth the frozen fingers and cold head... oh and snow encrusted boot laces. I will play with them more tomorrow as its wash day and I will be waiting for the chime to tell me I am done so.... good time to do things with pictures. Below are some favorites.... not all... friends got some great ones too....
Basket In Repose.
Frosty Pods.
One Drop.
30 Depth.
Power Wagon.
Balloons In The Sky.
Cheated on the last one. Too cold, wet, muddy, to go ballooning...even though balloon colors in the snow is an amazing and always fun thing to do though I do not have a tarp to lay the envelope out nor a room large enough to dry it out if it got wet...which is never a good thing...ever.
As much as I would love to go flying I wish there was a delivery system so I could just show up and jump in and fly... The whole heat tanks, get snacks ready, remember to go buy snacks, get soda, buy more soda cause someone drank all the soda, drive out of yard without knocking other truck off its blocks, find nice place to lay tarp out then unload... Oh... dear oh dear....
I also would not want to force the crew out to slog through all the snow and now mud to put it all together, chase, then pack up everything... I would feel bad. I wouldn't mind meeting everyone at Wecks tomorrow around 10ish for breakfast though... That sounds wonderful. We normally do that after the Albuquerque Aloft school launches the day before Fiesta Starts. Its a chance for us ballooners to bring our fun to the kids at school and teach them about ballooning. Its always fun.. and the after launch or standup and chatting coffee and red or green chili ( enter food type ) is excellent and a great time. AHhh well.... I can always dream.
Enjoy your warm evening ensconsed in your home... nibbling something sweet perhaps or drinking that hot toddy/adult drink or cocoa ( which I am about to go make ) and snuggle up with someone special ( even if thats the dog ( which it is again hah! ) because she can ) and sit back.... relax..
If you are working or reading this from work or days after I post it... keep that warmth in mind... Shut off the crazy and stop wiggling about. Enjoy that you can sit and enjoy.... the crazy circular comments.. yeah baby!
