Note: yesterday was a federal holiday. The Cincinnati public libraries were open.

Good lord, library. I do love them, though. I think I go to the Northside branch at least once a week.

Snow flurries have begun! Cats are watching intently. Let's see if we get the 3-5 inches we're supposed to.

I miss my old apartment a lot in the winter, for several reasons: (1) I didn't pay the heating bill; (2) that apartment was SO WARM, since it wasn't on a corner and didn't have a balcony with a sliding glass door that sucked out all the heat; (3) Paul the maintenance guy was ON IT with snow removal -- the sidewalks were always shoveled and the parking lot was always plowed (although the street just beyond the parking lot was a mess); (4) the layout was such that I had a comfy chair by the big front window and could park my ass in it and just watch the snowfall (and people's shenanigans, like sledding down the huge hill I lived on).

They called at 5 a.m. to say school was cancelled here, and the totals for this area got upped to 9+ inches last night. Predictably, there was Panic at the Grocery Store this morning, but now it's time for pancakes.

We got our snow last night--maybe five or six inches? I drove to work today and almost got rear-ended twice. This big SUV ended up driving into a snowbank to avoid rear-ending me and the car behind it also couldn't stop in time so it pulled alongside me until it could stop.

Shoulda' taken the train but I didn't want to deal with the windchill and all the unshoveled sidewalks.

It's snowing here. I think the public schools were canceled, but the university is still open. I'm using a walker today, because my knee is really unstable, and with the sidewalks this icy, I don't trust crutches.

no snow here, but temps did drop and will continue to.

Yesterday we needed the A/C in the office and today we need heat. We are all going to get sick.

ION - MCPHEE IS BACK from getting married and honeymoon and my place was so messy and she cleaned it all. I really did try to stay on top of stuff. I got sheets changed and did almost all the laundry while she was gone. I kept the dishes washed and the sink clean, but half the rooms were not vacuumed and clutter MY GOD THE CLUTTER. Also, I still have Christmas stuff out and she got a chunk of that put away.

I was at work until 6 last night, got home, got a call from a friend who had run out of gas, went to get her, get her gas, and back to her car, then came home, ate and went back to work for an hour. I have these reports I have to run, and the initiate customers getting billed. I cannot run them while we are shipping and all last week we were shipping until 6pm, so no reports run. boo. Last night they shipped until 6:45, but since my bosses boss had called twice about these reports I worked from 8pm to 9pm getting 90% of them run. grr.

MCPHEE IS BACK

WOO. Congrats to McPhee on her wedding, and to her for having her back again!

Yay McPhee! I need a McPhee.

Flurrying here, but it doesn't sound like it will get to snowy in upstate.

My cafeteria has the most unappetizing names for vegetable blends. Today there is one called "Chuck Wagon", which reminds me of dog food. It is Corn, Red Pepper, Onion, Green Pepper, though. Which seems more like "Southwest Blend" to me. Nothing on the menu sounds good to me today, and I hate their sandwich meat.

My cafeteria has the most unappetizing names for vegetable blends. Today there is one called "Chuck Wagon", which reminds me of dog food. It is Corn, Red Pepper, Onion, Green Pepper, though. Which seems more like "Southwest Blend" to me. Nothing on the menu sounds good to me today, and I hate their sandwich meat.

I bet they were going for "cowboy food" with "chuck wagon."