I want the snow melting machine. Really really want.

Can I say again how much I love my neighbors? Since our houses are all alike,we have the same paranoia. Two of us heard water dripping. Owner raced upstairs, just a faucet not all the way off. We all twitched. Huge gust of wind and a thump, all went running to the windows. And then medicated with wine and a laugh. My people.

How did I get so freaking lucky??

I don't know, but it's adorable, and happy making.

OH! And they are all cat people! So I have backup cat care! They trade off each others' cats (They all cringed when I mentioned needles, so I'm thinking I'll still need catsitters of some sort.)

ONLY reason I'll think of this storm fondly is for the people I've met. They are my people. It's a self selection bias happening in this hood to some degree (if you are a single woman buying a house, looking for a certain degreee of security, this was in your bracket) but oh my god. These are so my people. We even had political and boyfriend arguments and even then, so totally of the same mind, some of us (um, not just me) had to play devil's advocate.

I LOVE THIS.

I LOVE THIS

Excellent.

The POTUS neighbor is back home. I like this since I feel that if anything goes terribly wrong (did I mention there's a gas leak out by the street?) he would know who to call to get results.

One more nanny comment: Mine called last night to see how I was doing (she knows my DH is away) and to tell me she was sending her son and his friends over today to shovel me out. I love my nanny.

Bo is terrifically cute. My dog loves the snow, also, but I can't let her outside without supervision at the moment because the piles of the stuff are so high that she can literally walk over our fence and down the other side. I hope my neighbor will watch the baby today so I can get her down to the park for an hour.

eta: And my cousin who lives in Vancouver wrote to say he has Olympic hockey tickets (quarterfinals). I'm jealous.

This insomnia will be the death of me. I've been up for hours.

Ugh, ita. I hope you get some rest, soon.

The nanny's peeps showed up at 8 a.m., and they are digging me out. The dog will not stop barking at them, unless I open the door. Then she runs and hides.

mac off to school with no issues, me to work. a few icy patches on the walk to the subway, but I remained on my feet. AND the good news thus far, because I made it in yesterday, I get a comp day! WHOOT! I just need to tell my boss when I want it. I may want it tomorrow.

I may want it tomorrow.

FOUR DAY WEEKEND!!

actually beginning of vacation, so it would give me a day to really clean up the house. We are having it painted while we are in Texas, so getting things put away and a few more things off the walls would be good for the painter. I bet if I tried I could fit a good amount of stuff down in the storage unit still.

have I asked here if anyone would want to buy my vintage turquoise clothes dryer?

So after embarrassing themselves by nominating and electing a sleazebag in the lt. governor primary, the proposal now on the table is to just scrap the whole Lt. Gov position entirely. Oh Illinois, never change.