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I forgot my phone today. Of course. I always like to have my phone with me when there's bad weather outside, in case there are problems on the drive to/from work. AND I'm supposed to call an old friend tonight on the way home. AND yakgirl is supposed to fly in from RI today, and I'm her backup at the airport in case there are problems. But I have no phone, which makes me antsy. I like having my phone. It's a nice security blanket.

That said, LAST DAY OF WORK TODAY! WOOOOOOOOOO!

It's now snowing like crazy. I hope this gets cleared up before my sister flies in tonight... I'm rather concerned for her now.

Brrrrr! It's cold in here!

There must be some Toros in the atmosphere! Except not. I got home from work today to find that our furnace is dead. It was around 55 degrees when I got home, and the temperature started falling from there. I called the Scientist, who was at work, and got the number for our furnace guys. Then I called my in-laws for help, who sent over their youngest son, S, and youngest daughter, S. So us girls stood around while S played with our furnace and finally got the pilot light going. Alas, no heat started. Right now I have it set at 80, but nothing's going on. So we lit the burners on the stove, put the oven on 500, and hung around the kitchen. After a few hours of this, we got the kitchen/dining room area of the house up to a balmy 72, but the living room is COLD AS HOTH. I have a feeling tonight I'll have several electric blankets on me.

But it could be worse. My sister (last I heard) is STILL stuck at TF Green airport in Providence. Supposedly at 11 there was going to be an update on her flight. I haven't heard back from her, so I'm assuming she doesn't need me to buy her a ticket for tomorrow morning's flight. That said, she may end up calling me when she gets in at 2 a.m. and have me pick her up from Midway. We'll see what happens.

Anyway, that's been my night. Oh, and add on to that shoveling around 5 inches of snow. Good times!