Greetings from the Great White North

My last post from here with a similar subject said "pleasantly cool north" (as Firefox just reminded me). Right now, I think it's -19 out, wind chill worse than that, but the parka is rated to -25, -40 with appropriate layering or exercise, and I have boots, long underwear, and wool pants. At some point the rest of the household will stir (papersky is over at her computer doing email and LJ or the like), and we will head out for dim sum, with no long walks or waits outside involved.

Travel is always somewhat draining, even when I don't wake up earlier than needed, as I did yesterday, but in most ways the trip went smoothly; now that I'm here there is good food and good conversation.

I gave Papersky a slightly belated birthday present, and was surprised and a bit flattered that she immediately asked if I had made it. (elisem made it, and it's a necklace Papersky admired when Elise posted pictures of it a while back. I doubt I'm capable of taking up a new craft and getting to that level without saying something on my LJ beyond mentions of new beads; whether I could reach that level at all I don't know, but probably not in four months.)

Greetings from the Great White North

My last post from here with a similar subject said "pleasantly cool north" (as Firefox just reminded me). Right now, I think it's -19 out, wind chill worse than that, but the parka is rated to -25, -40 with appropriate layering or exercise, and I have boots, long underwear, and wool pants. At some point the rest of the household will stir (papersky is over at her computer doing email and LJ or the like), and we will head out for dim sum, with no long walks or waits outside involved.

Travel is always somewhat draining, even when I don't wake up earlier than needed, as I did yesterday, but in most ways the trip went smoothly; now that I'm here there is good food and good conversation.

I gave Papersky a slightly belated birthday present, and was surprised and a bit flattered that she immediately asked if I had made it. (elisem made it, and it's a necklace Papersky admired when Elise posted pictures of it a while back. I doubt I'm capable of taking up a new craft and getting to that level without saying something on my LJ beyond mentions of new beads; whether I could reach that level at all I don't know, but probably not in four months.)