It's cold... and who can sleep?

Daanggg, it got cold last night. Far colder than predicted-- as I'm writing, it's 15 below zero. I figured it must be, since the house banged early this morning (it does that when it gets super cold--). 

I am NOT leaving the house to do errands until it's over zero. 

Today is an unexpected quiet stretch, at least until after lunch. Tim took today off, so Holly's home with him until later. Just as well, since it's stupid cold. Let her stay in her jammies at home, and not have to trudge across the snow and ice so early. 

So, it's just Cece the Snoozy Dog and me, and I kind of want to crawl into the pellet stove. G got it cleaned early, so it'll run fine all day without any extra effort. I appreciate that. 

Our quiet New Year's Day was nice; family time, a turkey dinner (and O, there are leftovers), and a little television last night. I should have gone to bed at the first signs of being sleepy, but I didn't, and thus, per usual, I fell asleep in my chair and didn't head to bed until after 10:00. Again. I have to stop that; getting up in the morning is just that much harder. 

G gets up super early, and for various reasons, he was up at 3:50 this morning. Ugh. I could smell the coffee brewing--not at all unpleasant, but woke me up. Then, he cleaned the pellet stove around 4:30. I woke again. And then Meg stopped in while her car warmed up for work at 5:00. Who can sleep? 

I may take a morning nap. 

I hope your day is a good one. Hold your loved ones tight.

C



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