Snow Day

I'm staying home from work tonight. The excessive snow and whatnot we've had since yesterday evening has the buses off the roads, many stores closed, and the power out in some parts of the city.

How do I know this?

I tried to go to work.

Yeah. I suffer from this mental condition called stupidity. :P "Eh. It doesn't look that bad outside!"

At any rate, I walked as far as the mall, where I usually get the bus for the last half of the journey. I noticed the lack of buses all along main street, which should have been a BIG sign, and didn't even stop when I hit the large section that was without power after that. The mall itself was part of that I think. It was closed at any rate - except for Walmart.

So, since the buses weren't running and I was fully expecting most people to not be in anyway I bought a couple little things in walmart, got some cashback for a cab, and went back home. There's a very good chance that the people that normally give me a ride home would be out as well.

But the deciding factor was that I had twisted my knee a bit on the way to the mall. Half-slipped on several ice patches that were covered with snow. As a result, it hurts to move the knee. If I'm sitting down or standing up (without walking) then there's no pain and no problem. But -moving- hurts.

When I got home I called work to let them know about everything, and told them to use the lieu day I had stored for working the holiday. Thus I'm getting paid for tonight regardless. Hopefully the few that did make it in tonight (apparently a lot had called to say they wouldn't be in.) won't be swamped with work. :/