Sharp because while Saturdays are normally my Mondays. This week I am working 6 days in a row & today is my Tuesday so to speak. Due to Xmas I have also set a goal of 5 hours of overtime a week between now & December 12 (the last day of the pay period which is the last one before the holiday) Not a pretty thought for me I’m afraid. However it will be worth it when Xmas arrives & I have gifts beneath the tree for the kids.

What could possibly make walking out of work at 5:40 this evening & finding it to be a very nippy 31 degrees a pleasant experience? (aside from the simple fact of getting out of that horrible evil building?) It would be driving to work this morning in 17 degree weather. I repeat- 17 degrees & it’s not even Thanksgiving yet!
If it’s this cold now what is it going to be like in January?

I got intimately acquainted with just how cold 17 degrees is this morning because the silly alarm on my car went off as I started driving – the cold had contracted two of my tires so much that the car’s alarm for low tire pressure was set off. They have been running around 29 psi & I know they’re supposed to be 33-35 so I stopped to fill them a little on the way to work. All seemed ok on the way there but tonight they were too full- 38psi before I even moved the car. I tried to let some air out & of course went too far.

Then when I got home 12 & 9 wanted to go to the store to buy snacks. I took them there & tried to resolve the tire issue while they went in the store (small- local covenience store) The air hose there was not working & took more air out of my tires. The people in the store on my way to work tomorrow are going to think I’m insane when I stop again tomorrow to put air in my tires again!

I don’t quite know why but I’m already into the whole Xmas thing this year. I am especially excited about people putting up their lights. Mostly because I drive home from work in the dark & love to see the lights on people’s houses & stores. It’s more than that though. Last year I was really into Halloween & somewhat anti Xmas (both had a bit to do with the company I was keeping I admit)

This year – while I was somewhat excited about Halloween & much comforted by looking at vintage Halloween decorations online- I am much more focused on Christmas both past & present. What I’ll get the kids. What the cards will look like & say (using the treasure trove of cards which were my Grandmother’s again- so the only cost is stamps) How we’ll decorate the house. Christmas music- tv shows & movies. I’m oddly obsessed.

There are worse things to be obsessed about. I could be thinking of how to pay for the plumbing issues- the bathroom floor (both things wrong with it!) New tires for my car (before the ispection sticker expires at the end of the year) The electrical issues. What I’m going to do about my computer running out of memory space & the keyboard missing every other U I type. us watching tv on a 15 inch tv screen. There’s also next year’s vacation but I don’t like to borrow trouble.

Time to kick the kids off the teeny tv so I can squint at the news!