I was assisted with my second major auto dig-out today, which was nice as the most recent snow dump was heavy. Temps soared up to +32F, generating lots of powder, which was good for skiing but calamitous for tourists hoping to see the aurora. The three questions I never want to hear again are: Do you have wifi? When will we see the aurora? Is the hot water free?
We do not have wifi. You will see the aurora when it is good and goddamn ready to be seen, which is not when it is snowing. And there is a sign directly above the hot water spigot that proclaims "HOT WATER - $2.95."
Maybe I'm just a little salty ending a seven-day workweek with hosting, after the actually-more-fun annual kitchen deep clean and awkwardly being filmed for Japanese TV. Luckily my weekend aligned with the solstice, and we combined Silent Dance Party with Craps Night. The backstory is, when covid first hit, things shut down and the coworkers here used the extra time to build a craps table and play a bunch so they could travel together to Vegas and win big when things reopened. We brought out the table and I was given some vague and bewildering explanations; there was excited shouting and nickels and quarters won and lost all around. And then the true kindred spirits pranced and spun and kicked and swam through the waist-deep snow, jamming out quietly under the stars to help pull the sun back in our direction.
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