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When I woke up this morning it was like I remember when i was a kid – i opened the drapes in my room and there was about 4 inches of snow on the ground and still falling heartily. Makes me a little giddy – if I didn’t think i’d hit my head on the ceiling, I probably would have jumped up and down on my bed. Aside from going to the mountains to ski, I haven’t been in the snow for ages – i’ve always lived in places where it just doesn’t, so this is pretty fun. It’s supposed to snow for three days too.  I’m pretty excited. I live in a little cottage in Windsor and it actually feels cozy now.

I took one look down my street and decided that i'm not going to walk to the train station today.

I have my coffee and my giant scarf on (it may be cozy, but my place isn’t very well insulated, so even with the heater on 24/7, it’s still not that warm in here) and ready to get to work – at home today. I don’t think i’m going to attempt to walk to the train and going through all that to get into the office. there aren’t even any sidewalks showing, not to mention that i’ve got my “orange county” wardrobe here – hardly appropriate for snow. I’ve made it work in the grey and the rain, but i draw the line at trudging through this.

The view from my living room window.

The cats are getting a kick out of it too. They usually sit in the window and watch life as it goes by – they get really excited when they see birds and bugs. Today they are seeing the giant snowflakes fall right in front of them and they’re going nuts. Ah, it’s fun! I like this!!

On Saturday I went down into London and met up with my new friend Penny (she is from LA, and a good friend of Jeanine’s – and she is in London for a few weeks for work). We went to the Tate Modern and walked around there, had some lunch, then went to King’s Road to do a little shopping (window shopping only on my part. I still refuse to shop here – it’s way too expensive). It was great fun. Very cold in the city, but i’m sure you could have guessed that given the weather here recently.

On a completely different topic – I never thought i would say this, but I am really starting to like Facebook. I  have been sucked into the status updates and looking at everyone’s picture uploads and this new “top 25 list” that is going around – no one has asked me to do a list yet, so I’m just reading everyone else’s. But, the very best thing about Facebook is that i’m in contact now with something like 20 or so people I knew growing up. It’s fantastic. Even some of my really good friends from high school – it’s great to hear what everyone is doing and it is really fun to hear the different paths and successes everyone has experienced. Nearly everyone is married with kids. makes me look at myself and wonder, but I don’t have any regrets about waiting for all that. I’ve really enjoyed making my career my priority for all this time – sometimes wonder if I’ve missed out, but hey, there’s time for that. Anyway – it has been such fun catching up with everyone.

Well, on to work. I need more coffee. I hope i can concentrate. I really just want to go play in the snow! Yay!!