a walk on a pond

It is cold. So cold, in fact, that I walked across a reservoir with my buddy. The melting and freezing of ice around objects left partial skins of ice hovering around rocks and logs. One stone had thawed and frozen a space around it in the ground.

Reena and I poured packing peanuts between the screen (where the storm window is missing) and the window in our middle living room window in order to help insulate it and block a bit of the wind. We'll see how that works when we get a windy day. It looks cool, though.

These photos are taken with my camera phone and are not the greatest quality, but it is convenient for taking quick snaps.

Social Butterfly, Sick Puppy

I've been both recently. School party with awesome food, dinner out with friends. O.k. the list doesn't go on for ever, but that is more social than normal.

On the reverse side of that coin, I got a touch of the stomach flu that is going around again. Not as bad as Jan 1, but enough to make me unhappy yesterday. I am through with all the stomach upset!

Do you remember what it looked like when leaves were on the trees?

Here are some very fancy cupcakes that are sold at a diner close to my school. They look so great that I can never eat one for fear of the taste not being as good as the visual.

Jay

Yep, convinced the guy to come visit so I could blow off my three day weekend and enjoy myself. The best medicine in the world. Had a small gathering last night. Friendships are gold, one of the most valuable things in my world.

doing better

My nose seems to have passed the major healing state and is on the vaguely irritating once in a while stage. Much relief. I am breathing through my left nostril in a way that I don't remember doing for a long time. Much joy!

Jay is coming to town this weekend. Much more joy.

bad start

Well, 2007 started with nausea at 3:30 and finally tossing my many fine eats from the celebrations at around 6:30. Still up. Sucky way to start a new year, but it can definitely go up from here.