Wow I wasn't even thinking of Seals and Croft, but I love that song. Yeah it was very weird, it's quite cold here.... I never did figure out where the smell was coming from.... it was a school campus I don't usually go to. Very strange.... nothing was blooming near me. Maybe someone was wearing perfume.... it took a bit to identify the jasmine scent. We used to have night blooming jasmine when we lived in Socal.

Black snow? I'm afraid to ask.

It's very lovely at sunset around here, I'm often out toodling in my car about that time. Some of the rose colored clouds as the sun sets are just breath taking, I don't know why. Taking night classes does that to yah....

Yes Esquimaux have like 12 names for snow (makes sense) ... .dry snow like powder is best for skiing in they say (I don't do such crazy things!!!) We mostly get the slushy sort that splats on the windshield as you're driving.

I have an early day tomorrow, and many errands to run. .... stay out of trouble, everyone!!!

Drano is about the only thing that would take care of the sleep issue right now.... I have a pretty bad head cold.

Biggest down beat on winter is it's COLD..... it's the nature of the beast. I suspect there's planets in the Universe which have no seasons like we do, but they must be terribly boring.

Not to put anyone down, but living in Wisconsin is a self inflicted wound when it comes to winter. Stay in and do your needlework when it snows, I guess, and rejoice in the Spring when it finally arrives. My parents got up and left the Midwest for a reason. I'm glad they did. There's always RVs and doing the snowbird thing I guess.

My German ancestors moved to Wisconsin and didn't think that the weather was too cold, I guess because our weather is close enough to Germany's. Plus, things were shaky in Germany, as they often were.
My Cornish relatives came here, I think, because they had connections. Well, that and there were few opportunities for them at the time and the English government was giving incentives to get people to just go and find someplace else to live.
I am here because my family is here, I guess. I grew up here and am at least somewhat accustomed to the change of season and all of the other local peculiarities.
My daughter wants nothing better than to go hopefully to California because it is nice and warm and sunny and away from this stupid family of hers. Sigh.
I myself just may move to Cornwall in my waning years. What the hell, go full circle, you know?
Sorry you're not well, lunazure. Have you doped up on Nyquil yet? Sometimes it's the only way to satisfactorily get into the land of dreams...

You are probably right lunazure about Nyquil and BP. My BP is low so I guess Nyquil doesn't bother me. Sleep, if you can get it, works wonders.
Yeah, most employers are better these days when you call in with a physical sickness. Try calling in for a mental health reason though. You'll lose you job faster than you can blink an eye.
Seattle is a wonderful city, despite all of it's grey days. There is something to be said for a location besides the weather!
I am in bliss today because a little boy fell asleep on me last night. God, they're cute when they're sleeping!

I don't usually mind the grey.... it's a sort of soft gray and the trees look lovely in the mist.... in the fall when the leaves turn, there is a certain yellow against a grey sky that just really makes me almost weep, it's so pretty.

Count your blessings with the low BP. My whole family has "the curse" and it's a constant battle with stress, nerves, over eating etc....

Yes people are very intolerant of mental health issues. Very sad. I did theatre, and then psychiatry for so long, there is NO normal behavior IMHO. Sometimes it's difficult to read what "normal" is to some anal retentive employers. Sometimes it's just best to move on.

Being insane over the Moodies is no different than being a Helmet Guy for your favorite team, and those sorts of folks are allowed to hold very good jobs! I wish I had a nickel for all the Elvis freaks out there, and good heavens, he's dead!!! (are we talking necrophilia? No of course not!) I always explain my Moody love as "we're sorta like Deadheads only we're cleaner"........ no disrespect to Deadheads of course, but people understand that. There are also Kinks fan-addicts out there, very normal lookin' folks too.

yes they are cute at that age, like little puppies. Went to see my grandson yesterday, my brother and his wife wanted to visit.... he's just two, and finally figuring out he should be shy of strangers... so it was bumpy at first, then he and his Dad and my brother started tossing balls and it was all good then. Was over a few weeks ago, the kid got up crying, came charging into the living room.... some noisy sci fi movie was on. He climbed in my lap and went back to sleep.... poor little spud. I can't believe they were letting him watch that movie!

The dog walkers around here will cross to the other side of the street if they see another dog coming and they know that their dog goes nuts on other dogs. Dogs can be kind of weird that way. I have heard that if you want your dog to not freak out at stuff then you need to expose them to every sort of potential thing that just might freak them out at a young age. Was boss' dog so trained? If not, then it's an uphill battle for you, my friend.
Oh, there is more light in the morning now! And the sunshine today was amazing! It got up to about 7 today and it felt great! Yes, I am becoming accustomed to this, but hell, the winter is so friggin' long! Good the kitties don't know, cause they were all into bein' out there!
I am a cheesehead, therefore I am a Packer fan. Congrats lunazure! Go Seahawks!
Parents can be so dumb... we let my daughter watch "Beetlejuice" over and over when she was only two. Duh. Yes, it was too intense for a child. Duh.
leslee, please don't underestimate what you can do in the position that you're in. If I can do it, you can.