Sleepy Morning, Scary Afternoon

Today started off pretty sleepy. Mom had a jewelry riveting class and so I was with Dad, whose idea of a good time was to drive around in the car. We parked at a place where he looked at manufactured homes, while I slept, and then at a place where he looked into getting electric power to the land, while I slept.

We drove down to the land and waited for some friends who wanted to see it, but they never showed up ("manana"). After awhile we took a good walk down Mailbox Road (where our neighbors live, although they're not many and very private) -- so that was my chance to limber up.

Then it was back to driving, and Dad soon got into this project of driving on little dirt roads around the county, and that's when it got scary, because we have this mini rental car, and some of the dirt roads had pretty deep ruts in them. We went out into this countryside where there was nothing, but NOTHING -- no trees, no bushes, no houses, no cows or horses and barely any grass.

Then we got into the hills and the roads got even more roguey, although now there were plenty of trees. Then the storm that had been chasing us from the west as we drove east caught up with us. There were snow flurries. Then when we came down off the top of Glorieta Mesa (about 8000 feet) it turned to heavy snow; then when we got down to Glorieta Pass and (finally) the highway, it turned into a whiteout blizzard.

It was then that I got up on the shelf behind the back seat, because if we were going to crash I wanted to see it coming.

The storm was wild: snow and sleet and hail and lightning and thunder, and everybody going slow down the interstate highway. But we made it back safely, and Mom made some very pretty jewelry, and now we're all snug and warm and dry, and I'm just finishing up another bone from the Bone Bar at Whole Foods.

However, after everything these last few days, I'm not sure what to expect from tomorrow.