Warm hugs for Anne. Hope that you find power at the end of the day. Neighbors should let you run a power cord over to your house. After hurriances our neighborhoods are covered with orange extension cords from houses with power to those without.

{{Nora}} Child related decisions keep many of us up at night. No easy answers. Yay for new shiny stuff!!

very time I see a Mitsubishi Galant, I think that they should also have a Mitsubishi Goofus.

ha! thank you for this. laugh was much needed. Had to get to the airport at 5 AM because the hotel computer kept crashing acrobat and I couldn't print my boarding pass. they offered to do it at another 'puter. but it said I'd checked in , so I had to get here 1/2 hour earlier. that 30 minutes is KEY at 5 AM. The freaking moon was still up for crying out loud. I had some other clever thing to say, but after 4 hours of sleep, most of my energy is concentrated on not falling asleep standing up.

Awwww...{{{Anne}}}. I hope the power comes back on soon. So, you're on your way to work? Did you decide not to take vacation time?

Raq, I always think Mal couldn't possibly get cuter, and you always prove me wrong. That picture is darling, and the one right after it is really sweet, especially with the onesie he's wearing.

ION, it's snowing here. Normally I'd be excited. But, no, I'm all, "Grrrrr...it's snowing!"

It seems to have eased up in Cambridge, if it's any consolation, vw...

Thanks Laura, you are wise indeed. I'm just doing a little soul searching I think...

It's 33 degrees here. No snow.

I made myself a healthy breakfast (veggie omelette, one slice high-fiber toast), packed a healthy lunch (salad, bean burrito on whole-wheat tortilla, a few plantain chips), and have planned a heathly dinner (BBQ tofu, haricots verts, sweet potatoes.) I feel all virtuous today.

Yummy virtuosity!

Cars: Black Toyota Carolla. Cloudrunner. This was in the Mid-90s, and it was new-ish. Blue Subaru Wagon. I don't remember it's name. It was fairly old when I got it. Don't remember how it died. Toyota Sienna (for 1 semester, before I decided it was too big for living in Providence, and Dad decided that the Matrix was too small for all the dogs) Periwinkle Toyota Matrix 2000. Constance. Went with me to LA and Maryland, but did not like the climb up the mountain, so I got White Subaru Forrester 2000 (I think). Dief. I like this car because it goes up the mountain and the engine heats up fast. Yay, heat.

Sorry, it was cold this morning. Is cold. Will be cold UNTIL THE END OF TIME. I mean, April. Maybe March, in spots. There were no degrees. Which, somehow, is worse than when there were negative degrees. Or it was just that I forewent my 2 layers of PJs and socks that usually make the morning bearable. Silly Abi.

Can it be the 21st already, please.

No snow here.

No snow here.

Oh, hush you.

Oh, hush you.

Sorry. That was surprise, not mocking.