Day 5 - 32 -- Musical Messages

Today went fairly well. Lectures seemed OK and the labs were not as smooth as I'd hoped, but technology wasn't fully with us, so we had delayed starts. In the end, things worked well and all concerned seemed to be happy with the process. Weekend plans include getting midterm exams together, organizing course evaluation and presentation schedules and preparing lectures. Cooking for some further choice in the frozen dinner department should also occur.

When I woke today, I thought about driving into the office, but quickly recalled I hadn't removed the 8-10 inches of snow off the car last night. So, I walked again. We did get snow overnight but just a cm or so. It snowed again in late morning. which turned to rain by 2 PM. When I headed home tonight, the rain had stopped leaving the snow -- now a couple of inches on sidewalks -- rather slushy. I spent another hour shoveling tonight to clear the end of the driveway -- AGAIN -- from the street plow and moving half the snow off the car. Part of the stuff on the roof remains, and it is to remain above freezing for much of tomorrow. I'll head out earlier in the day to remove the rest of the snow. I may then head out for a couple small errands before we get a major hard freeze into the evening hours.

I wear an iPod while shoveling. As I began moving the heavy wet stuff tonight, the song in my ears made me stop and wonder if I should laugh or feel angry. It seems the universe was either trying to provide a glimmer of home or was being wildly sarcastic. Looking at the forecasts for the next couple of weeks, I'm going with the latter. <smile> The song has a great tempo and positive sound to it. The main line and title seemed a bit odd today, though the lyrics and visuals do deal with non-summer weather, too. Enjoy!

You Bring the Summer -- The Monkees