12/13/10 – Brrr for Sure!

WOW! It is cold. I don’t remember it ever being this cold, or this crazy snowy, this early. I mean, it's not even technically winter yet! When I left the house this morning the actual temperature was -9….add in the wind chill and it was -15. All of the schools in St. Paul and Minneapolis are closed…maybe that played into why my drive wasn’t nearly as bad this morning as I expected. Of course, the parking lot at work was a complete zoo. I mean, these people park in this lot EVERY day, all year long, but when we get snow (which was plowed…not great, but plowed) nobody can figure out how or where to park. It’s out of control. If I was capital security, I’d be handing out tickets, non-stop, all day, And, getting much pleasure out of it!

I was excited at the thought of a quiet day, thinking most people would be calling in…but that wasn’t the case. Pretty much everybody was at work today. I couldn’t believe it! The day went by quickly though. For some reason, it was really hot in the building (maybe making up for the outdoors?), and the heat really got to be in the afternoon. I ended up leaving early, which worked out since I had to do our grocery shopping after being trapped all weekend.

After shopping, I picked up the girls and headed home. We made some dinner and watched a HORRIBLE game of football. Those dummies! They are officially out of the playoff hunt now, and I’m very sad. As we say ever year…There is Always Next Year!

I am officially calling Amelia’s sleeping through the night event last week a complete fluke! She was up last night from 1:45-2:30. Grrr. Now, we are going to start working on weaning her from the swaddle. She’s so mobile now, that it’s just not safe anymore. And, I’ve been reading up on studies that say extended swaddling can stunt their growth. I can already tell this is going to be horrible! At least I’m used to not getting any sleep anyway. But, at least she's cute...