Brrrrrr!

12 Degrees this morning at 6 am. Wind chill made it feel like 2. So I drove Mariah to her bus stop 100 yards away. We had a nice chat at 6:40 a.m. Well, I should say Mariah talked and I listened. What she really wanted to do was start some drama over her tv viewership allowances but I wasn't buying into that so early in the morning. She was only 4 minutes away from some girlfriends she could get all fired up with over trivial stuff. At that time of day, my conversational gambit runs more along the lines of - got your lunch, taken your pill, got your try out papers for Beauty & The Beast, got all your library books, brushed your teeth, ate breakfast? OK we're good to go...let's stop talking now. Seriously, not a morning person... especially not the first Monday of the new year in Arctic tundra freezing at the bus stop wishing the truck's heater was instantaneous like my electric heater in the office!

Because of the weather, the front door will not be painted this week. Maybe next Monday or Tuesday. Looking ahead at the forecast, Gib anticipates a snow day on Thursday. Amazing after 2 weeks out of school, on the first Monday back, how exciting that sounds. We all have our fingers crossed - snow, snow, snow, snow!!!

Mike was super nice and braved the frozen tundra last night to fill the car up with gas so Taryn wouldn't have to this morning. And he returned our Red Box videos for us. Which turned out to be a pain because it's often full on weekends. I guess people check them out from all over but like to drop them off right down the street...you know, like we're trying to do?! C'mon people!!

We hope to get some mid-term stats from Taryn's high school counselor today so we can send off another scholarship application this week. Taryn and I are trying to plan our Mother-Daughter spring break trip. We are thinking Disney. Orlando isn't too far away, but I would rather fly than drive. On my to do list today is to see if I can find anything in our budget. Advice is welcomed!

Indie is here one more week and then we won't see her again until next May. Yikes. I don't know about that. I might have to finagle something. We are going to try to spend a day this week just the two of us having fun before she leaves. If Mother Nature doesn't give me Thursday off, I will try to get a sub at preschool to spend the day with Indie.

Too bad I have an appointment in an hour, and errands to run to get ready for preschool this week, because the blessed quietness of this house is sooo nice. If only it were clean. Oh well, I will get to it....eventually. It is so cold outside and it is actually gently snowing right now, so curling up with a good book in front of my instantaneous heat space heater would be heavenly.