It is 5 am and I am up and out of bed…in pain. I have just had it with this sciatica or whatever it is. I’m able to sleep for 4-5 hours and then it starts throbbing and wakes me up. Today it is so bad that I took a vicodin. I’m hopeful it will kick in soon and I can then go back to sleep for a few more hours. Meanwhile I just wait. I can’t see my doctor anytime soon because I have this stupid jury duty starting on Tuesday. Don’t know how that’s going to go if I have to sit for a prolonged period of time. Something has got to give on this soon. I can’t keep going on like this for much longer. I hate this bullshit pain! I’m ready to start looking at alternative treatments–chiropractic, acupuncture, I don’t know…

Don’t put clearance items on your wedding wish list. I got onto the Kohl’s website on Sunday night where my nephew and his fiancee are registered to take care of ordering their wedding gift. I logged on around 10 pm, thinking it would only take me about 1/2 hour to place the order. Two hours later at midnight I finally finished. Just about everything was no longer available! I would think I had it all taken care of and would be down to the end of the process when I’d get a message saying that whatever I had ordered was not available and that I had to go back to my order and delete it. Then I had to go back to their registry and log in again to find something else. I don’t understand why Kohl’s doesn’t have a message next to the item saying it is not available rather than having you go through the entire process over and over again. It was totally maddening!!! I would have gone to another site, but they are only registered with Kohl’s and have an extremely small gift list. I finally just went off their list and ordered whatever I felt like getting. Kohl’s is a great store….in person. And if you’re getting married, sign up for multiple wish lists and don’t do one with Kohl’s.

Am grateful that today (4/15) has finally arrived. I have been cringing every time the phone rings, thinking it’s another procrastinator calling for tax help. Wound up doing 10 returns this year (including my own). Most were relatively easy, but I’m still glad it’s over. And, if you didn’t yet file, too bad. Don’t call me!

Finally. I’ve got the photos posted from my trip to Seattle a few weeks ago. Go to the link for my new photo gallery on the left to access them. Also, Soula has posted some new ones on her website as well which you can access from the link to her site. Hope you enjoy them!

Can’t post too much tonight. Still haven’t sent off my taxes, so need to print them out and then e-file them after I review all my numbers. And there’s all the usual Sunday night stuff to get ready for work tomorrow…finishing laundry, putting out the trash, etc, etc.

I did a bit of yard work today since my sciatica decided to cooperate and caused very little in the way of pain. Had to stop in the yard ’cause Patrick and Veronica came over with steaks to cook on the grill and to hang out at the pool. It got up to 96 degrees today and Veronica couldn’t resist getting in the pool even thought the water temperature is only 64 degrees! Sorry, but I’ll be waiting a few more months before swimming! We had a great visit and it was a relaxing afternoon for me as a result. Maybe that’s why the sciatica isn’t bothering me tonight.

Time to go. I found that I have a bunch more pictures that were still in my camera that I’ll try to post later this week.

Once again I’ve been hit with the last minute tax returns. I keep thinking it won’t happen this year, but it always does. Still have to send in my return and Patrick’s, but at least they are both completed and just need to be printed and mailed/e-filed. Will finish that part up this weekend and get them sent off. I can’t think of anyone else who might call, but I won’t be surprised if someone does.

I’ve had lots going on at work and either come home and crash or work on taxes. In addition, I still have a problem with what appears to be sciatica. I’m really tired of pain, but grateful I still have quite a few vicodin on hand. It doesn’t completely take away the pain, but makes it a bit more tolerable. If things don’t ease up by next week, I’m going to have to go back in to see the doctor before my next scheduled appointment in mid-May. Possibly it will ease up somewhat this weekend since I won’t have to spend as much time sitting in front of the computer.

Speaking of this weekend, it’s supposed to be in the 90’s both days! I’m going to spend at least part of the time baking my sore muscles in the sun, hoping that will help with the pain. I also have a bit of yard work to do, so I’ll try to kill two birds with one stone.

Well, off to bed since there’s not much else to report on. Got a new book tonight so I’m hopeful I’ll get through more than just one chapter before falling asleep.

Arrived back home tonight around 7 pm. How nice it was to have my car waiting at the airport and being able to drive home rather than waiting for a shuttle…and then waiting while same shuttle dropped off 4-5 people on the way to my house. And the cost for parking was less than what it would have cost for a round trip shuttle ride! Definitely the way to do it for a short trip.

Robin was amazing! He has changed so much since I last saw him 6 months ago. He jabbers, smiles, and laughs! He’s able to hold toys and play with them–and chew on all of them as well. He has one bottom front tooth and bites on everything, including fingers that he grabs! And did I mention how cute he is?! I had a great time playing with him and will certainly miss that a lot. I took lots of pictures and hope to have them uploaded to my website soon. It takes awhile, and I’m just too tired to deal with the pics tonight.

The weather in Seattle was unbelievable and seemed to change from hour to hour. We had a little bit of rain, a little bit of sunny and clear weather, a little bit of snow, a little bit of fog, and a massive thunder/lightning storm that produced almost an hour of non-stop hail!!! I’ve never seen so much hail at one time in my life! The hail must have been 1-2 inches deep when all was said and done. What’s amazing is that I was only there for about 3-1/2 days and all this variety of weather happened during that period of time! It was chilly most of the time and I was extremely happy to get back to the warmth of So.Cal. Don’t think you’ll ever be able to convince me to move to Seattle.

We went out to dinner Saturday night and I agreed to be the designated driver. Not only did I have to drive a stick-shift car (for the first time in years) but I also had to drive it on snow-covered hills! Everything was fine when we went into the restaurant, but it started snowing while we were eating and stuck to the streets just enough to make it slippery. Actually it was probably easier to navigate in the snow with the stick-shift than it would have been with an automatic. Thank God I remembered what to do from my days in Ohio!

The rest of the trip was spent doing lots of shopping including a trip to Lowe’s where Kevin and I managed to fit an 8-ft stepladder into their Civic and I rode home sitting on the folded down back seat next to the ladder! Good thing they don’t live too far from Lowe’s!

All my animals seem to be fine and are happy to have me back with them. I think Murphy had a great time staying with Patrick and Veronica (and Floyd and Jack) but I think he’s happy to be back home–just like me! It was great seeing Kevin, Soula and Robin, but it’s nice to be home. I think I’m going to have to see about getting a webcam so that Robin doesn’t forget his grandma.

Tomorrow is the big day when I get to see Robin again! My bag is packed and I only need to run a few errands tomorrow morning and I’ll be ready to go. Patrick is taking Murphy to his place in the evenings and will bring him over here during the day. The cats don’t need much care, just some fresh water. So I don’t have much to worry about and can head up north and have fun with that little guy.

The only bad part will be the weather. Kevin tells me it’s supposed to snow tomorrow and the temps will be getting down into the 20’s. I’m sure my body will not react favorably to going from the 70’s to the 20’s. I’m taking lots of warm clothes plus my winter coat, gloves and a thick scarf!

So much has been going on and I don’t know where to start. Some things may be out of chronological order as a result. Oh well.

The funeral for Vanessa’s mom took place last Tuesday. It was a beautiful service and lots of Vanessa’s friends and family were there. After the service at the cemetery we all went to an Asian buffet where you could get just about anything you ever wanted. I couldn’t eat many things because of my recent dental surgery…and didn’t want to eat many things just because. (Yuk, octopus and crawfish!)

I went to the dentist on Friday and finally got rid of the awful temporary teeth for a new set of temporary teeth–only these look like the real things and allow me much more freedom as far as eating. They look great and feel great so I’m hopeful that the final product that I’ll get eventually will work well.

On Saturday Patrick took me to get some new furniture for the family room. I got a new TV stand, coffee table and end table, all Mission Oak style. Patrick put everything together and set up the TV and all the peripherals that go with it. Thanks so much, Patrick! It’s amazing how much better the family room looks. I’ve decided to purchase another end table as well as a matching storage bench.

Meanwhile, in between all this, I’ve been working like crazy to get the house cleaned and organized for Easter. When everyone arrived on Sunday, I think it looked pretty good. Not everything was done, especially the bedrooms, but I just shut the doors to those rooms!

Easter was great! Patrick and Veronica brought a turducken (boneless turkey stuffed with a boneless chicken that was stuffed with a boneless duck) that was extremely delicious. I fixed lots of sides, so we wound up with a great meal that left all of us stuffed! We relaxed out back around the pool for the rest of the day and marveled at the wonderful weather! Veronica’s parents didn’t seem to be too excited about heading back to New York the following day.

I got Monday off, but wound up working from home in order to get everything finished in time for the Finance Committee meeting at work today. Today was exhausting after all the work yesterday and even more today. I’m just grateful I don’t have to do any accounting work tonight.

I also went to the doctor yesterday. He thinks I have a pinched nerve in my hip that is causing the pain I’ve been feeling in my right hip and leg. He seems to think that 20-30 min. of walking each day will help this to go away. Meanwhile, I’m taking lots of ibuprofin and trying to fit it some time for the walking each day.

My sister Kelly was hospitalized yesterday with a severe infection in her heel. Because she is diabetic and has numerous other medical problems, they decided to put her in the hospital to lance her heel and put her on antibiotics and pain killers. She was doing ok tonight and is grateful to be in the hospital for this procedure. She should be going home either tomorrow or the next day.

So now I’m getting off this computer to relax. I’ve had enough of computers for awhile.

Last night I met Veronica’s parents for the first time. They are here visiting over the Easter holidays. I went to Patrick and Veronica’s apartment for dinner with all of them. Dinner was great and they are fabulous people. We chatted for a few hours and I’m looking forward to having all of them over for Easter dinner on Sunday.

Lots will be happening during the next week and I’m not sure how I’m going to get everything done. Fortunately I am off work at 11:30 am tomorrow and all day on Monday. Have a dentist appt. tomorrow and a doctor’s appt. on Monday. Will try to get some shopping done tomorrow in between leaving work and showing up at the dentist at 1:30 pm. Then will get started on getting the house cleaned for Easter. Hope I can get enough done so that I have time to do a bit of yard work as well.

Of course, all of the above listed work depends on my body cooperating. My right hip and leg are still giving me quite a bit of pain. It seems to be letting up a bit, but still hurts when I try to bend down or when I sit or lay down. Sleeping is difficult and I can’t seem to stay in bed more than about 6 hours before the pains start. Since the pain does seem to be a little bit less each day, I’m hopeful I may be able to get enough accomplished in the way of housecleaning this weekend. We’ll have to wait and see….

And then I have to start packing for Seattle! I leave next Friday……finally! With all that I have to do here and at work, the time will fly by so I plan to get as much packing done as possible on Monday while I’m off work. I don’t want to wait until the last minute and be up all night on Thursday. Thankfully I should be able to get by with just one suitcase.

Well, I’m going to go pop a vicodin and hope it gives me a bit more relief than the ibuprofin I’ve been taking. At least it should knock me out so that I don’t notice (or don’t care about!) the pain in my hip/leg.

Vanessa’s mother died on Thursday. (http://www.nessahead.com/archives/75) She had cancer and was in pretty bad shape the past few weeks, so it was not unexpected. Nonetheless, it was a very sad day for Vanessa and her family. Death is never an easy thing, even when you know the person has been suffering with a terrible disease and you’re grateful for the suffering to end.

I don’t understand why this world allows us to come into it and form bonds of love with others and then suddenly takes those we love away from us. Yes, we go on, but there’s always this gaping hole in our lives that we are never able to fill. New lives come into our world and that helps, but those we have lost we continue to mourn.

The next few days will be difficult for Vanessa but she has a good support group to help her through these rough times. Veronica (Patrick’s girlfriend, the funeral director) is helping out immensely with all the planning. *Thanks, Veronica!* As of now, most everything is completed with only a few small details remaining to be dealt with. It’s nice to know someone ‘in the industry’ at times like this!

Visitation is on Monday evening and the funeral is on Tuesday, so we have a few days now to relax and regroup. I’m hoping Vanessa is able to get some much needed rest before it all begins on Monday. Say a prayer that the love and support of all her friends will help her and her family get through all this. I’m hopeful that Vanessa will be able to focus on what a wonderful person her mother was to her and to the community in which she was such a vital part for so many years.

Go peacefully, Solly, into what lies ahead, remembering how much love here on earth surrounds you as you make your journey.

I’ve just got to get my shit together soon. Seems as though the last few weeks/months have flown by and I’ve done nothing. All these medical/dental problems have resulted in too much vicodin and too little accomplished. I’m finally off the pills and have a stockpile (80+) of vicodin remaining! My shoulder still hurts a bit, but seems to be healing. The teeth are another story… My mouth is healing, but the temporary teeth are awful! I see the dentist again on Friday and can’t wait. I’m hopeful he can put in something a little bit more durable than what I currently have. These are already starting to wear away, and I’ve only had them for 6 days! Additionally, I have problems with a lisp whenever I talk. That is driving me crazy at work. So this weekend I’m just going to dive in and do my best to get things done around here. Hopefully my body will cooperate!

Veronica’s parents are coming to visit for Easter and they will all be here for Easter dinner. Since they’ve never been here, I do want the house to look good. I don’t have tons to do, but enough that I’ve got to make a dent in the work before the last minute next weekend. Plus I don’t want to wait till then and have my shoulder start acting up, leaving me unable to use my arm.

Thankfully I have a lot of time off starting on Good Friday at 11:30 am. I’ll be off from then through the day after Easter. That will give me enough time to do the last minute things for Easter and I can clean up and do laundry on Monday…and begin packing for my trip to Seattle! Finally.

Work is becoming overwhelming and I don’t seem to be getting anything done due to too damn many meetings! I had one on Tuesday, two today, and three tomorrow! I need a big block of uninterrupted time. I’m hoping that everyone will be so busy dealing with the Holy Week/Easter activities next week and will leave me alone!

For now, I’m headed off to bed.

The Daily Show is very boring when it’s a rerun of Hillary on the night before last week’s primaries in Ohio and Texas. Somehow the jokes just aren’t funny the second time around. I have come to the conclusion, however, that Hillary’s cheeks are soon going to explode from her permanent huge grin. Those puffy cheeks drive me nuts.

I’m thrilled that Daylight Saving Time has finally begun. It’s so nice to come home and still have over an hour of daylight remaining. And it will only get better over the next few months. It feels right to have extra daylight here, but I’m sure it seems strange in parts of the country where it’s still winter. I always remember the start of Daylight Savings as the start of spring and that seemed right. Somehow it just doesn’t work for me if there are piles of snow and temps way below freezing.

Less than two weeks and it’s Easter. I really don’t like it when Easter comes this early. Just seems weird, especially in places where it still looks like winter. I am looking forward to a couple of holidays off work, though. And then I’m off to Seattle on Friday, the 28th, to finally get to visit Robin!

I’m recovering well from the dental surgery last week. In fact, my mouth feels better today than before the surgery. I am so glad to have it done. The ‘soft’ diet hasn’t been all that great, though. I made some pasta last night and that worked out well, but lunch today was not all that great. Microwaveable tomato soup really doesn’t cut it for me. I think tomorrow I’ll try cottage cheese.

You know what they say about things happening in three’s. Well I just had my #3 yesterday. It started a month or so ago, when I went to the hospital with chest pains that wound up being due to stress. Then there was the shoulder pain a few weeks ago due primarily to tendinitis. And then yesterday I had dental surgery where I had a number of teeth pulled. So this is it. I’ve had my #3.

Fortunately, the dental surgery seems to have gone well and I’m not in a whole lot of pain. The bad part is that I will be on a ‘soft’ diet until my gums heal — about 12 weeks from now. Not looking forward to that. Think I’ll be eating a lot of fish, pasta, yogurt, cottage cheese and soup….oh, and oatmeal in the morning! I’m going to go to the grocery tomorrow to see what else I can come up with… The worst part is seeing all kinds of ads on tv for food. Hopefully this will all be over by June and I’ll once again be able to enjoy all those summer goodies cooked on the grill.

Happy 33, Kevin! Hope you’re having a good one in San Diego and that your business colleagues are helping you celebrate in style. At least you should be enjoying some nice warm and dry weather.

Somehow I can’t get as excited about a Hillary vs McCain presidential campaign. I’ve been seeing so many young people paying lots of attention to this campaign and being very supportive of Barack Obama. I’m starting to get worried after tonight’s election returns. We’ll see what happens, but I don’t look for Obama to do well in the “rust belt” states of Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky and W.Virginia since Ohio went overwhelmingly for Hillary. There’s no doubt I will vote Democratic, but I’d sure rather be voting for Obama than for Hillary.

Had to cancel my appointment with the orthpedist that was scheduled for tomorrow. The Urgent Care facility doesn’t have my x-rays back, and I have to take them with me to the orthopedist in order to get treated. They probably won’t have them until Thursday at the earliest. I rescheduled my appointment for next Monday. Meanwhile, my shoulder is still hurting and I’m still taking vicodin every night. What a pain–literally.

Calcific Tendonitis, Bicipital Tendonitis, and Frozen Shoulder. It took awhile to get it, but that’s the diagnosis for my shoulder pain.

I went to see my regular doctor yesterday. After pushing on my shoulder and having me yell out in pain, he said he was ‘pretty sure’ this wasn’t serious and wrote me a Rx for vicodin. He said I should take that and ibuprofin and that the pain should eventually go away. I asked about an x-ray and he asked if I thought I needed one. When I said yes, he said he would try to get authorization from my insurance company but that it would take 2-3 days for that to come through–for a fucking x-ray! Are you joking?! Then I asked what would come next. He asked if I wanted a referral to an orthpedic surgeon. My response was something like ‘Well, you’re the doctor, what do you think?’ I asked if we couldn’t do something to speed up this process since I was in a lot of pain, and he recommended I go to ER–at $100 a pop!

I have never been so frustrated and felt so helpless. I tried to do something called a self-referral (something my insurance plan allows), but couldn’t find an orthopedic doctor that would treat shoulder problems through the self-referral plan. The afternoon was over (I went back to work after the doctor’s appt) so I headed home, stopping at the drugstore to fill the vicodin Rx. And then came the REAL shocker–the doctor wrote me a Rx for 100 (500 mg) vicodin!!! Can you believe that? I expected somewhere between 10-30, but never 100! The label on the bottle says ‘Take one tablet by mouth 4 times a day.’ If I take that many vic’s, I will be a zombie! And no way in hell will I be able to drive, much less try to work. What was this guy thinking?!

Went to work this morning and got online trying to find an Urgent Care Center that was affiliated with my medical group that had the ability to do x-rays in their facility. Finally found a place in Glendale and went over there this afternoon. The doctor who examined me was great. For anyone who watches Oprah, he was a lot like Dr. Oz. They took two x-rays and, after giving me the above diagnosis, he recommended that I get my regular doctor to refer me to an orthopedic surgeon for steroid (cortisone) injections as well as going through some kind of physical therapy program. He was very clear in explaining everything to me, told me to use a sling and recommended some exercises I should do every day to keep my arm mobile. He said I had to contact my regular doctor for the referral and that he would send the x-rays, his diagnosis and recommendations to him immediately.

I guess my regular doctor had second thoughts and realized he couldn’t just drug me up and that I would be satisfied with that. When I got home from Urgent Care there was a message on my voicemail from his office saying they had done a direct referral to a place called The Ortho Center in Pasadena and that all I needed to do was call them for an appointment. I’ll call them in the morning and hope that I don’t have to wait weeks to get in.

My God. All that just to get treatment for a real medical problem. Well, if you need any vicodin, you know where to find them–for a price, of course!

My shoulder is just as bad today as it was when this first started on Sunday. So I’m headed off to see my doctor later this morning. God knows how long this will take since he’ll probably send me out (across the street at the hospital) for x-rays. Then I expect him to refer me to an orthopedic specialist. As a result of all this, I doubt I’ll be feeling all that much better tonight. I hopeful that I can at least get in to see ‘whoever’ sometime this week. I just can’t deal with this pain for much longer.

I tried to do a few things around the house last night. Bad idea. You can do little or nothing one-handed, and trying to use my left arm for anything (even holding a dustpan) is impossible to do without pain. That’s going to be my biggest problem throughout all this. How do I stop doing things?

I waited until I had finished payroll at work yesterday before even calling the doctor. I just had to get that out of the way…and it means that I have until the 10th of March before I absolutely have to do anything at work. Oh, I still have lots that needs to be done, but the place won’t disintegrate if the rest of it doesn’t happen.

Will report back in when there’s more to report.

Spent the evening watching the Oscars…kind of. I watched the show, just am not sure who all the winners were. Mostly because I don’t know a lot of them or the movies they were in, produced, directed, etc. As most of you know, I rarely go to movies. I might have liked a few of them, but most just weren’t my kind of movie. The other reason I’m not remembering a lot about the show is that I took a vicodin just before it started.

For some reason I started having severe pain in my left shoulder last night. After putting up with it for almost 24 hours, I turned to the vicodin. I had already soaked in a couple of hot tubs and used Ben-Gay and ibuprofin. None of that helped. I worked in the yard yesterday trimming a bunch of ice plant. I had to lift the container I was using up to the large trash container, and probably put too much in the container, making it too heavy. Who knows. But the shoulder still hurts and I’ll be taking lots of ibuprofin and Ben-Gay with me to work tomorrow. Hopefully this will let up within a few days since I only have 3 vicodin remaining.

Last week was a rough week at work, ending on Friday with my staying at home for the day. Don’t want to go into all the gory details, but false accusations were levied at me. This had nothing to do with my job performance, but was more of a personal thing. I felt totally destroyed Thursday night. If I had done something wrong, I would have had it coming. But the accusations were completely false. I’m confident things will be worked out, but I’m not looking forward to facing what’s going to be a trying situation for a bit.

It’s been raining off and on all week and it even hailed last night! Murphy smells very doggy after getting wet many times over the past few days. I had hoped to give him a bath today, but the sore shoulder made that impossible. Lets hope I’m able to take care of the bathing chores later this week. The rain is supposed to be ending by tomorrow and the temps are predicted to be in the 70’s all week. I’m looking forward to it.

Had hoped to get more accomplished this weekend than I did. At least I was finally able to fit in some time to get a haircut. Something kept getting in the way of a trip down the street to the hair salon. I planned to go last weekend but it just didn’t happen. I had to take care of it today as my hair was getting so long that it was totally unmanageable. My house is pretty yukky inside as I’ve done nothing more than dishes, laundry and putting out the trash. Oh well, the cleaning will still be there to be done next weekend.

I really need to get busy working on my taxes this week. I’ve barely started them and really want to get them finished up and sent off before I head off to Seattle at the end of March. Actually, I need to get my refund back before my property taxes are due on April 10th. At least I’ll have some time off coming around Easter if I don’t have them finished by then.

It has been a great long weekend, but certainly not long enough. I could use more time…a lot more time!

Worked in the yard a lot, cleaning up leaves (damn next door tree) and weeds. Trimmed the ice plant along the side of the house and got the front beds ready for planting. And then today I planted some snapdragons, pansies and violas out front. Hopefully Loki won’t dig them up as he likes to do that. It’s supposed to start raining tomorrow and will continue all week, so I got everything planted just in time. I still have to fertilize the plants and roses this afternoon, but things are looking good for spring in the front yard.

Finished Kevin’s and Soula’s taxes last night (Yay big refund! Yay tax deduction Robin!) and got them sent off. Also finished the taxes for a woman I work with but am still working on her amended return for 2005. Have a few more returns to do for people at work (probably 2-3) and that will be it. Oh, and mine of course! I’ve started it, but still need to enter in all my deductions and business expenses for the accounting work I did last year. I want all of this finished before I go to Seattle at the end of March. I just don’t want to come home and have to face nonstop tax prep in April.

Going to try to get my hair cut yet this afternoon as it’s starting to look pretty raggedy and stop at the grocery for a few things. Thought about going to Kohl’s for their President’s Day sale, but decided to resist the temptation. I wind up spending too much every time I go there.

So the long weekend ends and it’s been a great one. Next up 3-1/2 days off for Easter starting on 3/21!!!

Three full days off…yay! And the weather is supposed to be really nice, in the mid-70’s. Great weather for being outdoors. Have a few things remaining to do in the yard (not much really), but want to spend at least a few hours each day out there enjoying the weather. I’m also going to spend time inside to finally get caught up on inside stuff–organizing, cleaning, laundry, etc. I’ve got a bunch of clothes to haul off to Goodwill on Monday and would like to go through some drawers and cupboards to add to the haul.

I spent the end of the day at work today sanitizing door knobs and my hands. One of our employees has been off with the flu for two days and decided he had to come in late today for an event at the Church tonight. I found out about this right *after* I opened the door to the mail closet and realized he had just touched the same doorknob! Sorry, but nobody is that important that they need to come in and spread their germs around to all the rest of us important folks! I got a flu shot last fall, but heard on the news that some strains of flu are not being controlled by the flu vaccine that I received. That’s just great. Hopefully I got rid of any bad germs and that any hangers-on will be killed off by the vaccine or by frying my skin in the sun this weekend.

6-10″ of snow tomorrow in southern Ohio with the possibility of sleet as well as snow. 80+ degrees tomorrow in sunny southern California. Any questions?