snow day!!!

benefit #151 of working at a school: the snow day!!! yes, i got the call this morning just before 6am, how awesome is that?? chicago got dumped on last night, and so here i am snowed in. it's great. i was kinda wondering how i would finish up all my xmas crafts & cards, wrap presents, pack, and clean the apartment all in one day. and then i was given the gift of two full days to get it done! hell yes.

altho truth be told the weather may bite back: 70% chance of snow on sunday, the day we are scheduled to head up to minnesota (the forecast up there is, i believe, a low of -12 or something that day). holy coldness! don't get me wrong, i enjoy winter, i really do, but sometimes it does make me miss new mexico. like, it's harder to want to make the effort to stroll down the neighborhood to do some last minute shopping when you know your feet are going to get soaked!

soo. my holiday break just got another day longer. i'll be in minnesota sunday through the following tuesday. my schedule is pretty packed during that time, especially monday through thursday, but give me a call if you're there and want to get together! on tuesday, jim and i will be bussing back to chi-town to meet up with ben & brian for a new year's extravaganza. i'm hoping that howard and erin will make it down from wisconsin as well (hint: you must come!) our friend from NM, ingrid, will be in town with a few of her friends, and rebecca is likely, but not certain, to be flying in from new york. meghen & justin have offered to have the party on new year's, which is great because our place is pretty dang small. and joe carter's going to visit the 4th-8th, so we will have lots of company here. which is amazing!

i really look forward to seeing family & friends in the coming weeks. & the much-needed break couldn't have come at a better time. stay warm everyone and i'll see you on the flip side!