I live ½ mile from work—5 long blocks. Normally, it’s the easiest commute in the world, but when you have to do it in a strong headwind, while it’s sleeting, while trying to dodge huge puddles of slush, not so pleasant.

I am so sweaty and cranky!

But not as cranky as my boss, who was supposed to be flying to Haiti this morning. She was told by our colleagues there not to come today because of security concerns, but she figured her flight would be cancelled anyway. It was not! But what was, was the flight she also booked for tonight. Looks like she won't make it for the afternoon meeting tomorrow. On the upside, that might mean I get to go down for a different meeting on Wednesday!

Glad to say my commute wasn't too bad. The snow stopped last night, roads have been plowed and sand laid down. Drove a little slower than usual, but not excessively. The only thing that slowed me down was waiting for a train to back into a siding.

Found a site that would give me snowfall and I'm not quite sure if we got 5-1/2 or 8-1/2 inches. The 5-1/2 was just for yesterday. Another place said 1-1/2 for Saturday, so total of 7. Not sure where the 8-1/2 came from. Much better weather than most of the midwest and northeast, so I'm not going to complain.

My question is if we're going to get 6 more weeks of winter. Punxsutawney Phil says yes, Jimmy the Groundhog (just outside of Madison in Sun Prairie, WI) says no. I say Jimmy is a big, fat liar. It's too sunny out today for him to not have seen his shadow this morning.

I'm about to pull on the snow pants and head out. Hopefully there'll be some people at the park.

Sail, I hate to break this to you, but if you live in the north, there will definitely be six more weeks of winter. At least!

Sun is not up yet so I'm sure my local groundhogs don't have an opinion.

Forgot I have a parental errand to run after work. No swim today, but I can go for a walk at least.

Is there any reason I shouldn't work from home today?

Is there any reason I shouldn't work from home today?

Is the CTA fucked up? Metra is. I thought my train was a few minutes early, but actually it was the previous train that was 40 minutes late. Many Metra trains were cancelled.

Can't imagine that there is, aurelia.

What kind of critter will tell us if we are in for 6 more weeks of Hoth? Do Ravens also come to say that Winter is Going?

I know my cold weather is not real cold weather. Still cold to me. Also my office was 52 when I got in. Up to 57 now.