Winter Storm: the weather people in Colorado have been predicting a nasty storm all week. They said that it would hit Friday night and that we would have a good amount of snow on Saturday. Near the end of the day on Friday, I thought that they would be right. When I looked out my office window, the clouds had rolled in and things looked pretty dreary. When I woke up this morning, I looked out of my bedroom window and didn't see much snow. All I saw was some snow that was left over after a storm that we had last week when I was out of town. Apparently the rest of the state got a good amount of snow, though. It seems as if the western half of the state and the mountains got the most snow. There were reports, though, about icy streets in and around Boulder this morning. People saw the sunny skies and lack of snow and took that for granted. There were quite a few accidents on the freeway in the morning. I wouldn't know what the weather was like in the morning, because I didn't drag myself out of bed until around 11:30. I was catching up on some much needed sleep.
This and That:
Chores: I spent most of the day cleaning the apartment. I haven't done much around home since I got home from my trip. The place needed a good cleaning and some organizing. I'm only one person, it shouldn't be this difficult. Although, when the average person sees my place they wouldn't think it is a chaotic as I think it is. And I suppose they are right. I've been in the apartment of some of my friends where you can't see the bottom of the bathroom and kitchen sinks and where you can't see the carpet of the floor. I suppose I'm not so bad.
Work: Work at work has been busy this week, but I feel like I'm back on solid ground right now and not sinking in quicksand. I haven't had to take any work home with me this week, but I have had to do a little freelance project for an old co-worker who is now with another publishing company. I really don't know how I managed to find my way into doing freelance indexing work, but I sort of enjoy it. And it brings in some extra money which is always a good thing.
Classes: A few months ago a good friend/co-worker and I were talking about how we both needed to do something "different" with our lives because we both felt as if work was taking over our lives. We decided that we should each take a class of some sort. We made a pact and we drew up a contract on the back of a lottery ticket that she had which obviously didn't produce any winning numbers. She promised to take a writing class, because one of her big passions is for creative writing. I promised to take an Italian class. We sealed the contract with our signatures. She has already taken her writing class, and I still need to take my class. I found an Italian class through Boulder's community education, so all I have to do is sign up for it. It doesn't start until February, though. Since I've taken Latin for so many years, I thought that Italian would be the obvious choice. It will be interesting, though. I know Dutch and I took German years (and years) ago when I was in high school, but since then I've been a dead language specialist. I even own a T-shirt that says, "the only good language is a dead language." So it will be interesting to be in a class for a "spoken" language. I'm sure we'll learn all the touristy stuff like how to introduce yourself, how to ask for directions, how to order food (and wine!) in a restaurant, etc. That will be interesting, but my elitist and overly ambitions ego really wants to be able to read Dante in Italian some day. Maybe some day...
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