Tuesday, February 6, 2007

It's winter?

Eve spent today stomping around yelling, "THIS IS ILLEGAL." Now, whispering Eve can be heard through walls; bellowing Eve is a force of nature. I was secretely pleased with the amount of chaos she caused, though, as it gave me something to think about other than the cold. The heating system at work picks today of all days to die out.

We have a lot of windows, which normally is pretty great. There's nothing I like better on break than to just sit and look out over the water. However, windows are leaky, and with the heat on the fritz, the library pretty quickly equilibrated to the outside temperature. (Or something that felt like it.) No wind, though, so: sucky day but manageable with coats and coffee. (Although: 5 cups without thinking about it in as many hours + everyone else going at about the same rate = so much accomplished, and also a huge line-up at the bathroom.)

Tragically, though, I lost my mittens and hat on the subway and was forced to pick up new ones. The stores were, predictably, pretty picked over, so I ended up with a hat that makes me look more or less like a goofball. ("One size fits all": untrue.) It's got snowflakes and is fleecy and warm and actually I sort of love it and will probably wear it more than necessary.

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