brr.

[jennlk]

it's chilly today. they tell us it's not supposed to get much above 60F, which is quite chilly for early September. And it was over 80 on Thursday! Temperature swings like that annoy my back, and since it was already annoyed.... It did get much better on Tuesday -- the muscles relaxed enough that I was able to move 'just right' and resettle the bits that got shifted last Monday -- but there's always some residual soreness. Temperatures are supposed to warm as the week goes on, so maybe I'll be able to get into the garden then....

Yesterday, I got caught in the traffic snarls that come when the President of the US comes to town. I didn't know he was coming (not sure how, but maybe they didn't publicise it), and merrily went off upon errands. I came out of my last stop, and the freeway ramps were all blocked off. So I tried the surface streets, and the overpasses in that direction were closed. So I tried to go the other other way, and there was construction kerfuffle -- construction equipment blocking an "open" driveway so that the panel truck returning to the supply center couldn't get in until the equipment was moved. Fortunately, I didn't attempt the other other other way, because that would have been hard stopped, as that route goes right past the building where he was appearing. It took over an hour to get home, on a trip that usually takes 25 minutes. Whee?

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[mrs_sweetpeach]

That drive does not sound fun at all. We got blocked from our own house yesterday afternoon when we were returning from Ingress in Royal Oak. A trash truck broke down at the intersection nearest our house. We had to turn around and go around the block to come in from the other direction.

[minnehaha]

I have only once ever known that a major political figure was around; I took the nephew to see Obama's first campaign. I have no idea whatsoever how to learn about these things.

It's chilly here too. I had to borrow a jacket yesterday, being out when the air turned cool, and having another outdoor stop on the way home.

K. [I guess I do not have to return the jacket. It was a mathom]

[jennlk]

Campaign appearances are usually well publicized, as are speaking engagements, if only so people know where *not* to go. This particular appearance was a limited audience -- he was signing a union-positive bill at a local union hall -- and it's entirely possible that the only people who knew he was coming were the police and people at the venue. I read the local "papers" in the morning, and there was no mention that JB was going to be in town. There was a mention of the appearance on the news that night, but by that time he was gone.

(I say "papers" because they're all on the internet now -- there's no such thing as a daily newspaper around here anymore.)