Since Hal and I would be each others significant other, we discussed inviting friends. I thought of Candace considering she so rarely gets out, but I wasn't sure I'd also be able to invite Sam. And I didn't want to dictate to Hal who he should invite. Hal said it wasn't a bad idea though, and he said I should talk to Candace and just test the water and see. If she wants to go and Sam's okay with it, great. If he wants to be there, Hal can invite him. My other concern was of course Max. She's always been my plus one, so she might resent me inviting anyone else. Hal figured if he wasn't inviting Sam, he could then invite Max. And if Candace said no, then I could invite Max and he could invite his roommate or something.
So after work I called Candace and talked to her about it. Just let her know what was going on, which since it fell on Thursday made it easy to discuss plans for that day. Candace actually said she and Sam were planning on staying in those days. They'dve been happy to have me as usual, but they didn't want to go out. At first I thought it might be their monthly feast, but she said that would be tomorrow night. She didn't offer any explanation, just that they didn't want to go out, and that it was fine if I wanted to go to the party.
Seemed kind of odd, but she wasn't forthcoming so I didn't pry. It freed me up to ask Max, who when I called was quick to say yes. I guess she's already feeling the stress of finals week, and having some way to relax in the middle of the week was a welcome diversion. She said she only had one final left on Friday, and that it was late in the day so she could study in the morning. Or well, after lunch if was able to get blasted.
Which reminded me about Hal's finals. So I called him to let him know that his plus one was free to be used and took the chance to ask if the party would interfere with his finals. He said he'd have a final on Friday morning, but that he was confidant about the test and wasn't worried about studying the night before. I get the feeling he doesn't have anyone else to ask, he actually seemed disappointed that I didn't have someone for him to invite. I asked about his roommate, but Hal suggested that was a last resort sort of thing. The guy seems nice enough, I've only seen him in passing, but I guess that's the way it is for Hal anyway. Hard to invite someone you don't see very often, even if you do live with them.
Anyway, that's why I'm a bit late getting to this: all the talking. Well, that and watching the news. I hadn't mentioned it yesterday 'cause I had my own things going on, but the earthquake caused damages to I-70 and has been backing up traffic something godawful. Thankfully no one was seriously hurt due to the falling rocks, but there was one car that was trapped over night while emergency crews were trying to get to them. Traffic is being routed through the other passes, which aren't exactly designed for that volume. The delays are horrendous and people aren't happy, which isn't helped by not having anyone to blame. So drivers are taking their frustrations out on each other, and the state patrol is having a hell of a time staying on top of all the incidents. Hopefully things will calm down as people adjust to our new reality, and hopefully construction crews can clear the rubble and repair the interstate quickly.
Between I-70 and the repairs at DIA, tempers are going to flare badly this holiday season. I'm so glad we aren't going anywhere this year.
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