Sorry, Jesse, he, not she. Please convey my apologies to your cat.
smonster, my noggin is healing as it should. After go-go-going the past week, I spent today resting, in preparation for my marathon travel day on Saturday. I found that if I roll onto my back in the middle of the night and the weight of my head presses on the injury site, I get a very brief wave of dizziness and nystagmus. But I've started using my travel neck pillow so that doesn't happen anymore.
ETA: oh, and France is KICKASS. More later! Though it's all winding down. Tomorrow we return our rental car to Beziers and pack, etc. And then we leave at 4:00 am Sat. to drive four hours (in B.'s rental car) to Barcelona. Then home.
As for Halloween, I'm not going to have a party this year. Usually, I have a theme chosen months in advance, as you know. I'm just not ready!
Congrats, ChiKat, that's so cool!
Kathy, I'm glad nothing too bad happened, re: the paper
My daughter is looking at Mercyhurst College in Erie, Pennsylvania. Any information or opinions you have about the college or the location - particularly about the winter weather
Three words: Lake effect snow.
"Lake effect snow" means lots of it, right? I was afraid of that.
Happy Birthday, Cashmere, Megan, and ita's Dad!
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everyone.
Happy birthday, birthday people!
It's not as frequent or consistent as it is on the UP, and it can be very localized, but when it does happen, it can be really bad.
I was disappointed the whole time I spent in college in Rochester, there weren't any big snowfalls. But I was happy I was out of town the time it snowed in May, and extremely relieved that I missed the killer ice storm.
lcat, what Tom said. It can mean snow every day.
Happy birthday to everyone! With cake.
I am a bit hung over. But in the best way. And now I'm going to fly to California. Whoo.
huh ... and MY environmental excitement in college was an earthquake (3.5 for those keeping track ... which is pretty strong for Pennsylvania)
Thirds on lake effect snow. If you've heard of Buffalo being referred to in terms of amazing blizzards? Erie is right there in the same weather pattern. But when you're not dealing with blizzards, the lake is gorgeous.
y mother is recovering nicely and she's starting to believe the (true) nice things we're saying about her. I think she's the most popular person in the hospital. They had to bring in extra furniture.
That's good to hear!
I am working at home today because my car started doing this awesome thing where it stalls out when I'm decelerating (making it seem like the brakes are locking). Really, car? You just got almost $1000 worth of work LAST MONTH. As always when something happens with the car, am worried it is a sign of the end times. I'm finally making progress paying off credit cards and, feh, do not want to have car payments!
In happier news, I think we came up with a halloween costume idea last night based on the photo shoot on ANTM. Different Michael Jacksons!
