I think my back is so tired it sometimes hurts. It wasn’t because of the workout, as hideousstrenuous as it was, but more likely because of the shoveling of the wet, soggy snow. As an Oregonian I know that the rain will melt the snow, but as a chemist and engineer I also know that the maximal heat transfer will occur when the rain is passing over the snow and not just pooled around it. It’s not so much that we’re running out of food and that I have to drive anywhere, but mainly that I’m going stir crazy and I thought it made more sense to be outside moving the snow around than watching yet more movies. I did, however, finish watching all the episodes of Firefly.

In any case, it’s Xmas Eve and I’m watching one of my three (unless there are more) seasonal movies. Love, Actually tonight and maybe Comfort and Joy. Tomorrow I have A Christmas Carol. I was asked when I open presents, and really the only presents I buy are for my sister, brother-in-law, and my mom. I went in with my mom and brother-in-law on my sister’s present and she got to open it after the arctic winds came in a couple of weeks ago. I still haven’t gotten my brother-in-law anything because he hasn’t told me what he wants. Actually my sister said she emailed me, and told me she’d email me again, but so far NOTHING. And, in return, I didn’t get the cossack outfit I need.

In any case Happy Holidays, and I can only hope for happiness and world peace. I’ll be watching movies. That is, if I can still see.