December

The flakes are probably the size of quarters. It's snowing again. It has been a crazy time here in the Windy City. Angela slipped on the ice last Wednesday and broke her lower leg in two places . . . clean through. She was a trooper, however, and we got her in the hospital and into surgery the next day. She is now part human, part robot. Well, at any rate, there are few extra titanium pieces holding her together now. She is not too mobile, but gets around the apartment pretty well . . . stairs are exhausting and the snow-on-ice-on-snow weather patterns, which started this whole thing, makes crutches quite interesting. She won't be leaving the house with much frequency.

This will be my first Christmas in Chicago, usually I travel down to Texas for the event. Well, I am going down to the butcher's this afternoon for the Christmas beast. Oh, and the water was out yesterday due to a bad water pipe. What a week! Maybe today things will calm down a bit.

jason