Snow End in Sight (Or, I Guess We'll Just DC How It Goes)
Happy Monday, everyone!
It's the dawn of another work week, but fortunately here on campus it's still Winter Break, meaning that students aren't around and we get to dress casual every day (ironically, I'm currently wearing a t-shirt that looks like a tuxedo). As per usual, the weekend felt like it was about 15 minutes long, but I can't say that I didn't have any fun, so I shouldn't complain.
On Saturday, Welcome to Florida braved the snow on I-95 and headed down to New York for a show at our favorite venue the 169 Bar. Despite the inclement weather, the show was PACKED, so I want to thank everyone who made it out, including fellow 2007ers Nate Borgelt and Melissa Skolnick (your gift baskets are in the mail). Melissa, who conveniently arrived after we had finished our set (she secretly hates music), brought along her new boyfriend, who I have to say is one of the dreamiest dreamboats I have yet encountered (I hear wedding bells, Melissa!). The show was a lot of fun, and I can't wait to play again at the 169!
The return trip to New London was significantly more interesting than the ride down (and not just because we sang a 3-hour rendition of "The Wheels on the Bus"). Just as we were getting to the NY/CT state line, we saw an electronic road sign that said 95 was closed starting at Exit 4. Thinking that that could not possibly be true, we soldiered on, only to encounter traffic at a complete stand still just a few miles later. Fortunately, just as we spied the gridlock ahead, we managed to sneak over to the exit ramp and find an alternate route over to the Merritt, so crisis was averted. I found out later that the traffic was caused by a thirteen car pile-up, and they weren't even filming a new Blues Brothers movie or anything!
When I finally got back to the Whaling City, I saw that it had gotten completely hammered with snow, making it the third serious snow storm of the winter thus far. As any Conn alumni readers out there know, this is highly unusual for New London, which typically escapes almost all the wintry weather that the rest of New England experiences. "What outlandish but probably true hypothesis do you have that can explain this phenomenon, Reilly?" you are almost definitely asking. It's pretty clear to me that what is happening is that people are leaving their refrigerator doors open too long while trying to decide what to eat for lunch and this is causing a sharp decrease in temperature throughout the region. I am hereby calling for more lunchtime decisiveness throughout New London County so that I don't have to scrape ice off my windshield as often.
Hopefully the weather will be better this coming weekend because Welcome to Florida is heading down to our nation's capital (which I just recently found out is actually Washington, DC, and not, as I had previously believed, America City) to play a show on Sunday. I'm pretty excited about being in town for the inauguration, but I'm also worried that the traffic will be so bad that I may not even make it back home by the time the Obama administration leaves office. I'm sure it will all be worth it though!
Well, it's probably about time for me to face the music and get to work. Have a great week, y'all!