Clearly, my congressman has not been reading my letters carefully.

The weather has been crazy.

Last week we received an alert to stay away from windows because of severe thunderstorms.  I looked at the satellite imagery online and we were in the middle of the red patch!  I've never been in the red before, meteorologically I mean.

And now, we officially have a freeze watch in effect.  Maybe more snow.

I dragged all my newly-potted herbs and lettuces and peppers inside to hang out with us in the warmth of the living room.  Which means we now have enough players for a wicked game of Citadels!

In the last five days I have:

1. driven over 26 hours

2. been in six different states

3. slept a total of 23 hours

4. eaten an entire bag of bbq-flavored kettle chips

5. probably wasted quite a bit more, but definitely wasted at least two hours of my life watching the Sex and the City movie at the hotel instead of going to bed.  Man, its been a long time since I've seen a movie so bad that it made me conscious of my mortality.  It ended and I thought, "wow, I died a little."

Guess who just committed to a 3-1 course load for the next academic year along with a whole crapload of other tasks?  That's right.  She has two thumbs and is named Alix and recently ate an entire bag of bbq-flavored kettle chips.  2009 will be the year my hair turned grey.