I am once again finding myself really grateful for public sector employment, in that the combination of Lincoln's Birthday and Presidents Day has aligned to provide me with a four-day weekend when the forecast was particularly nasty, and thus I have gotten to spend three very cold days indoors bundled up in blankets and covered in cats, rather than ( Read more... )

It got warm. It got warm! It's been consistently in the 50s for days! I could almost start to believe that maybe winter hell will not be here forever, although I have lived in Chicago too long to believe it's really spring. It's supposed to be somewhat chilly again this week (down to mid-40s), although it pretends it's climbing back up after ( Read more... )

In the last two weeks I have:

* played a butt-ton of FF14
* gone on a lovely Valentine's Day date to Melting Pot that was full of amazing food and excellent company and laughter
* seen Jupiter Ascending twice and loved the hell out of it ( Read more... )