But on the bright side, we got the laptop taken care of.

After a day and a half of snow, sleet, and freezing rain, we finally succombed to cabin fever and decided to see just how bad the roads are around here. The answer: pretty damn bad. The primary routes have been plowed, so they were just slushy. The secondary roads and those out of our subdivision haven’t been plowed at all, so they’re a mix of snow and ice. We didn’t really slide around, but I drove incredibly conservatively and left plenty of room between me and the car I was following.

Why were we out? Today was the last day for me to return the Compaq Presario laptop to Beast Buy. I had been assured over the phone that I could probably bring it back tomorrow, given the weather conditions, but I didn’t want to gamble the $1,000 or so if it was at all avoidable. So we drove out to Crossroads Shopping Center in Cary and, although precious little else was open, Beast Buy was indeed open and well-staffed (man, you know those employees were pissed about having to go in). I returned the laptop with no problems and paid their 15% restocking fee – hey, it was cheaper than having the buy the darned thing! We kicked around maybe getting some lunch while we were out, but given the increasing freezing rain, we decided it would be wiser if we just headed home.

So that was our excitement for the day – the last two days, really. Otherwise, we’ve been noodling around on the net and clearing off the TiVo. Sadly, we’re down to two things to watch (both from the Sundance Channel – Into the West and a collection of short films), then we’ll have – gasp! – cleared the TiVo. Scary. Looks like tomorrow is going to be pretty crappy too – there’s supposed to be more freezing rain coming and they’ve already cancelled school around here (congratulations, Janelle!). Now we just get to deal with the boredom…