Figures. The weekend I am supposed to go to 'Vegas to see Toruk, they are forecasting the biggest snowstorm so far of this winter season. I can probably get down to 'Vegas OK, but I pretty much have to be back for Jury duty Monday morning (which will probably be cancelled anyway, but I won't know until I am in the 'Vegas area.). If it wasn't for that, I'd just stay down there an extra day or two. At this point, there is only about a 30% chance I am going to try this trip. And if this fails, it is the last time I will ever try and travel to see Toruk. Failing three out of four times is simply not acceptable.
When I was in High School, one of the biggest good things to ever happen to me-- participating in the State debate tournament, the first time our school had qualified in 22 years-- was blanked out by a Statewide snowstorm. Debate tournaments are held regardless of weather, even though only three of the thirty teams was able to make it through the storm (eventually, ten teams were able to make it by the end of the two day tournament). Our team put many, many hours into preparing for this important event. For many years, this was the biggest 'epic fail' in my life. It was some 20 years before this failure was 'redeemed', when I got to be a judge in the Nevada State Debate Tournament a few years back. (Its ironic that many years later, those debate skills have come in very useful for giving testimony before legislative bodies-- a task I hate (not the speaking part, but what's at stake that I am speaking about.), but I have to do it.)
Grrrrrrrr!
Update: I finally made the decision to stand down. This will probably result in the storm missing us
