slowly morning melody, slowly.

my bad habit of staying up late has continued. i have been staying up because for some reason by the time i should be thinking of bed i all of a sudden have many busybody type thoughts and actions to focus on, and all weariness is suddenly gone.  it is not a habit i want to continue because on mornings that i technically can sleep in longer than i should, i then do. i need to go to bed an hour or two earlier so that i can get up that hour or two sooner, and get some stuff done--like studying, pilates, shoveling, errands.

anyways, here i am, with a couple extra hours before i have to be to work, and target and the post office are on the agenda. pilates once again isn't happening. the snow has stopped but it definitely piled up over the last couple of days (i think it's just a lull in the flow).  we aren't as "lucky" as other places to get enough snow to have a snow day.  i wanted so badly to have one yesterday, to not have to drive to st. paul slowly, so slowly, there and back. but no luck for me.  and of course i couldn't get up my small driveway and into the garage come 7:15 pm, and nearly got stuck in the alley, but barreled through to park overnight on the street. plan post-work: finish up the shoveling, including the drive.

had a good heart to heart with the roommate last night. i have seen her so little the last week and a half. it was nice to just chat in the kitchen for an hour about her thoughts of living in the neighborhood, her transitions, her many changes and her family. i think we both appreciated the break of separate solo homework hours and the  further clarity and understanding.

another photo to leave you with (i'm really liking having all my digital photos finally on my computer, next huge task will be to scan some non-digital ones in):