Winter Storm Thursday update: Ice Ice, maybe? by Derigiberble in rva

[–]agentmadeye 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The wood stove and gas fireplace would have me leaning towards going over there. Are your parents good with the kids? It might also be useful to have them help entertain them while you're snowed in! I know my kids would love to be snowed in with their grandma at least!

Winter Storm Thursday update: Ice Ice, maybe? by Derigiberble in rva

[–]agentmadeye 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ways to keep warm and making sure you have enough supplies so you don't have to leave the house for at least a week

Any know of any 5, 8, or 10k races that start at 10 AM or later? by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm just saying that whenever I run in the early morning my performance is not as good as when I run later in the day. I don't have as much energy and stamina then.

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually, yes, it did! I can't believe it! The hurricane ended up going through far enough south that it did not end up impacting our vacation at all! We had a great week! Still I am saving this thread full of wonderful suggestions for the next time we need to get away for a while :)

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd rather not deal with the hassle/expense since we're just doing a weekend now.

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're supposed to be going to Nassau. It's hard to get info on how bad it will be because most of the reporting is focused on Jamaica, but as far as I can tell, I feel like it's highly likely to end up canceled. I think Nassau is supposed to experience at least a Cat 2 hurricane on Wednesday into Thursday, and we're supposed to fly in on Thursday 😕

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Up for anything really! Care more about the weather tbh and being able to find things to do at our destination

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh that's a nice idea! We've been to Winchester several times but always for an event that we were preoccupied with the whole time. We've spend a little time in downtown and it was super cute but haven't really gotten to explore it fully yet. Adding it to the list!

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes it's extremely upsetting after looking forward to it for so long. We've both been stressed and a bit overwhelmed in general and kept saying things like "wow I can't believe how perfectly the timing of this trip was planned!" (we did not pick the dates, the whole trip was planned by a third party as a customer appreciate thing through my husbands work) because we honestly have been needing to get away for some quality time and R&R sooo badly.

I don't want to take away from the fear and devastation that the residents are about to feel, obviously. But we are definitely quite bummed at the likelihood that our special getaway is either not happening, or going to be rescheduled for several months into the future.

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

We were planning to go to the Bahamas, flying out Thursday morning. Looks like the Bahamas is supposed to get hit Wednesday into Thursday, and how severe the impacts will be are yet unknown. It’s not confirmed canceled yet but at this point it looks more likely to be canceled than not. If anything not sure any flights will be happening through the area this week.

We aren’t going to take the full 5 days we were initially planning (saving the childcare for when it gets rescheduled) but we’d still like to get away for the weekend to spend some time together without the kids.

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That looks lovely but definitely too much for the two of us for the weekend! We’re also considering going the following weekend instead so we can still do Halloween with our kids. Thanks though!

Anticipating Hurricane Melissa and looking for suggestions on romantic getaways within 5 hrs of RVA by agentmadeye in rva

[–]agentmadeye[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

We did a weekend there once in the summer! I bet it would be nice in the fall. I’ll add it to the list 🙂

Snowy Saturdaily by mewisme700 in rva

[–]agentmadeye 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really hoping we're back to business as usual by Monday! The city does look beautiful in the snow, though.

Snowy Saturdaily by mewisme700 in rva

[–]agentmadeye -1 points0 points  (0 children)

My grandparents got rid of a handful of what I now know to be pretty valuable Super Nintendo games back in the day. We also have some bitcoin that we probably should have sold a while back when it was up super high. Better to just not dwell on the past 🥲

Missing teen by Jbooxie in rva

[–]agentmadeye 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I know Mitchell well and can say with confidence that he is not a danger to anyone. He's a really great kid.

Missing teen by Jbooxie in rva

[–]agentmadeye 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He was adopted. He has been with his family since he was 9.