we got some small amount of snow yesterday and today everything was closed. I did not drive the van this morning, Andrew who has lived in Chicago drove. It was drizzly when I drove home and now everything is about to freeze again. Low should be around 20.

I'm going to hit the sack early and try to forget about writing an epic novel. I have real work to do. If it wants to be written it will more or less have to write itself.

Thanks for the positive comments Joshua Auerbach, Estelle Darling, and Robert Brian.