sigelphoenix

*And no, I'm not talking about Canadians.

So. Yesterday was the snow/hail/freezing extravaganza that made me leave work early and get home late (I went to catch my bus, couldn't find it due to unadvertised rerouting, finally gave up and crashed at ratzeo and zinjadu's for the night, taking an hour to travel about 15 blocks). This morning, though, it was not icy enough for the school to close, but cold enough that going to school made me hate life. :P

At least my morning class was cancelled, since my professor lives up north where the snow is really piled on. That left me time in the morning to make a warm and filling lunch with zinjadu, which involved a grocery run that let me experience the snow in a way that let me recognize its charm (read: it was a brief outing with the prospect of a warm home at the end).

Now my boss is telling us that conditions are supposed to get worse tonight, and those of us taking the bus should leave now before traffic gets impenetrable. Online weather reports are conflicting, though, so I don't know if I ought to take her advice, or if I should take my chances and tough it out. I also have a C.O.R.E. presentation tonight that hasn't been cancelled (because I'm presenting to a dorm, so people can stay in their cushy warm home while I haul my ass through the ice). But I'm not sure what it'll be like by that point in the evening. (If I do stay for work and C.O.R.E., I'm relying on the hospitality of ratzeo and zinjadu again, because there's no way in hell I'm risking a long bus trip after 8:00 p.m.)

So the question is: should I be responsible or not?

ETA: Okay, apparently I'm stuck doing the presentation. I just got off the phone with my partner, who actually tried to get out of it because she lives in Lynnwood. The assistant director refused to let her go, since there isn't anyone to replace her, so now she has to stay overnight in Seattle. Normally, our leaders are very nice and accomodating, so I don't know what happened here. Would it have been that hard to reschedule our presentation?

And you know, if these people are so insistent that we come and give our presentation on a night like this, they sure as hell better make it worth our time. I'm not putting up with any misogynistic bullshit tonight. I'm sick and tired of the entitlement-junkies we present to ignoring the fact that we are volunteering our time and effort to talk to them - and, oh yeah, that we're also real people with feelings and don't like being belittled or ignored. "Give me the respect that's my fucking due" is going to be my attitude at this presentation.