Rainy, snowy Friday

It's a rainy, snowy Friday. Our little Pit Bull, KD, is just so bored. I suppose I'm bugged a little bit to be cooped-up in the house. But in Utah, we always like to have the snow and rain that comes with this kind of weather. Our snowpack had been melting. But beginning about March 22nd, we started to see more (and more and more) snow. I volunteer for the Cottonwood Canyons Foundation's Tour With a Ranger (TWR) program. Every Sunday until March 29th, our teams were up at the Cottonwood Canyon resorts (Alta, Brighton, Snowbird, and Solitude). We'd been having warm, sunny days with mediocre conditions but huge numbers of cheerful, bluebird participants. However, the last day of our program, the day we'd have to take banners and signs off the mountain, was an immense blizzard day. Cold, windy, and very snowy. It's still that way in the mountains and I'm not sure when its going to end. That's good for our water supply and good for the resorts. It never hurts to finish strong and with great snow. This weekend, I'll be free to watch Meet the Press with Kirk and go out to brunch with friends (Melissa, Patrick, Sterling, and Steve). I made plans a couple of weeks ago. Every Sunday since the season began, I've been up and early at Solitude. Now that the 2008-2009 TWR program is done, I'm looking forward to taking my time on a Sunday morning. Hey! In fact, the weekend is practically here. It's Friday! We've been planning to see Duplicity for a while. We missed it last weekend. Saw I Love You, Man instead. I enjoyed it and thought it had something interesting to say. And it inspired me to make an effort with my guy friends, especially ones I've made recently. I'm also going to try to allow acquaintanceship to flow more readily into friendship.