Groundhog Day

Evidently the official word is that we're going to have an early spring...I don't often say things like this but HOORAY!!! We have had to date two seriously nasty winters in a row (and yes, I LIKE bad weather, but it's be TOO MUCH and for FAR TOO LONG). This year it started far too early.

Today was particularly annoying; while we (thankfully) didn't get the blizzard that hit a great deal of the country, hey, we've had our share of ice, snow, etc., and this morning it was (miracle) in the upper 40's, the furnace wasn't running, at least not all the time, and then it dropped like a rock; you would have thought you were in south Texas, where, when it gets cold, it tends to do so in minutes rather than hours or days...

On top of which, Martin is sick, didn't go to work, and I spent most of the day trying to do paperwork I've been ignoring for about 4-5 months (or years, in some cases), in the den (which can be made more or less warm...). Martin, unfortunately, also spent most of the day there, as well; he insisted (and I confess I didn't fight very hard) on watching his usual soap, Days of our Lives, where unfortunately now they have some nincompoop pirating organs. Truly disgusting, even more so than usual...

My (ambitious) goal is to actually file our income tax returns ON TIME this year...we'll see. It may have been a decade (possibly more) since we did this...

Cheers, Lillie