PENGUIN HIGHWAY ... YAY!

Because I needed something cute SO much. [And why does the one penguin tripping up the other remind me of John and Rodney?]

PENGUIN HIGHWAY ... YAY! (The words to go with the vid)

Here's the text accompanying the vid on Yahoo (by Lindsay Jolivet, Daily Buzz):

Road conditions are icy in Antarctica, but webbed feet still patter away in this video of a busy penguin highway captured by a young traveler.

Melissa Brennan, 21, says she has already visited all seven continents. She studies journalism at Arizona State University and she began travelling in 2007, according to ABC news.

On the last of her trips she found a well-beaten path in the snow and set up a camera there to record the comings and goings of penguins. It turns out they have an orderly traffic system.

Penguins sometimes stop to look left and right before proceeding, either avoiding collisions or making a difficult decision about which way to go next.

However, one of the last penguins to turn the corner at an intersection might be showing us the real reason penguins stay on the road. He steps out of bounds and slips on the surrounding ice, taking a tumble while a friend waits in line to continue his commute.

Any more congestion and they might need to put some street lights in on that intersection. We can't have any penguin traffic jams.

Okay, officially, the words are just as priceless as the vid. Awwwwwwwww.

Escaping aggravation and misery - just barely.

This morning, I still had no rides arranged to see my GP tomorrow. As I really NEEDED to be there, I was getting really angry about being left hanging. When I phoned, I was on hold for 20 minutes; when I got through I learned that the attempt to provide me with rides would continue via an automated system until 9 p.m. tonight at which time, if there were no ride available, my request would be terminated. ::growls in frustration:: You can see how that would affect my entire day. So, see me surrounded by piles of fluffy, clean laundry. See me NOT surrounded. There was no way I'd want to waste my diminishing energy if I had to try to use public transit and hurt my body tomorrow.

Luckily I had my story to pour my energy into. I swapped parts around and am trying to finish it by Friday so I can FINALLY present it as a birthday gift to Brian (and unveil it here). I also watched last night's Castle. Oh, what a hoot, though I kept losing focus because of the inanity of the reality TV portion of the script. I iz no fan of so-called reality TV.

I decided to have a wee rest in bed while playing Solitaire on my phone. When I got back to my computer around 6 p.m., you could hear my triumphantly reverential repeated OMGs. I had rides for tomorrow - both ways - so wouldn't end up causing myself physical grief. In any case, I'd taken one of my rare Arthritis meds in the evening prior to a wee two-hour nap. I'm glad I found a diversion with the fascinating penguin vid. Hey, penguins will always rock for me. Okay, now that I'm feeling better, I'm getting back to writing. Yay!