unexpected guests
So, it's cold here. So cold, in fact, that I went to pour out a Coke that had been sitting in my car for some time and nothing came out. Nothing came out, not because the can was empty, but because the contents were frozen. FROZEN! Plus, oil is expensive, and I keep blowing fuses when I try to turn on my space heater. I am not amused. Dry skin and wind chills and frozen Cokes that I didn't originally purchase that way do not amuse me. What does amuse me, though, is cracking the ice that forms over puddles before anyone else gets to it. That is kinda fun, mostly because it comes with noise, and it's a socially-acceptable way to break something.
And so, time goes on here in the Great White North. Things at work are good; I just got a promotion that involves mo' money and probably mo' problems. I do get my very own password (top two choices at this point are "butts" and "mariaisawesome," all one word), and it looks good on my resume for when I finally decide to become a real person. Plus it's one step closer to becoming the head of all science. Tonight, the Science is throwing a fancy-dress party, which I will be attending mostly for the free food, and also because I get to wear something shiny.
In the meantime, I'm going to take April (who arrived last night after confusion at the airport) to get some breakfast cannoli(s) and then shove her onto the commuter rail to Providence. She's my first official visitor, and I had to deliver the bad news that nothing is open around here past 9 o'clock, except bars that you have to walk to, and it's too friggin cold for that. Oh well, we ate way too much and watched TLC specials about babies born with two heads (that's what she said). And I kicked up the heat to 68, since it was a special occasion.
And so, time goes on here in the Great White North. Things at work are good; I just got a promotion that involves mo' money and probably mo' problems. I do get my very own password (top two choices at this point are "butts" and "mariaisawesome," all one word), and it looks good on my resume for when I finally decide to become a real person. Plus it's one step closer to becoming the head of all science. Tonight, the Science is throwing a fancy-dress party, which I will be attending mostly for the free food, and also because I get to wear something shiny.
In the meantime, I'm going to take April (who arrived last night after confusion at the airport) to get some breakfast cannoli(s) and then shove her onto the commuter rail to Providence. She's my first official visitor, and I had to deliver the bad news that nothing is open around here past 9 o'clock, except bars that you have to walk to, and it's too friggin cold for that. Oh well, we ate way too much and watched TLC specials about babies born with two heads (that's what she said). And I kicked up the heat to 68, since it was a special occasion.