are you enjoying the festivities of the day – the parades, the food, the presents?

at least i know some people had the day off, because when i went running this morning, there weren’t many cars on the road.

i saw a dead raccoon, and later, two deer (not dead). the deer just looked at me as i ran by. i’m not a threat to anybody.

christine called. it snowed all night in denver. they’re going to get TEN INCHES OF SNOW TODAY.

i’ve been thiking about it, though, and here the thing – it’s snowing a ridiculous amount, and it’s only OCTOBER 10TH, and the thought of that is too awful to think about. but on the other hand, it’s going to warm up there starting on wednesday, and by friday it’s supposed to be in the 70’s and sunny.

that’s a huge difference between there and here. if it snowed 10 inches here, i’m sure it would have already been cold for a while, and the snow would pretty much take forever to melt. it would stay cold, there’d be no happy 70-degree sunny weather to look forward to, but instead, the ceaseless neverending mind-numbing grey cold of winter.

why do i live here again?

i want to buy a house, but i don’t want to buy a house, because if i buy a house, i’m going to live in it for a good long while. years and years. but if i buy a house, that means i’ll be here, year after year, winter after winter.

i guess i’ll see how this winter goes, if i manage to survive another one.

i am glad that we’re not having 10 inches of snow right now.

ok then,

grace, who was going to write on here last night at 1:30 a.m. when i was still awake and very mad about it, but decided it was too much effort to open up the computer and besides, i didn’t have anything at all pleasant to say.