Not as cold as it was yesterday, but chilly.

I'm sure it saves a lot of money for building management to turn the heat off (or at least 'way down) over the weekends, but they're killing my cactus and I've had to run hot water over hand hands six times yesterday to thaw them out enough to type. (It takes forever for an old steel-and-glass building to heat back up.) I've only had to resort to that once so far today.

For the fourth time, we were threatened with snow last night that didn't materialize. I am entirely okay with that. I have tomorrow afternoon off to run a couple of errands and I'm just fine with the roads being clean and dry. I'm sure there are thousands of people out there who haven't yet finished making all of their holiday preparations and I'm sure they're all very happy to have decent weather.

I mean, I like a white Christmas, but we rarely have snow in Denver in December, so I'm used to using my imagination.

"What errands," you might ask suspiciously, remembering my smug declaration of holiday preparedness.

I have to get an emissions test on my car. For the second year in a row, I left the little card laying on the coffee table for so long that I now have to go get my emissions test and then fight my way northeast of downtown to stand in line for my license plate renewal stickers.

Colorado makes it easy for you. You can get your emissions test, put the "pass" sticker on your little card, and mail it in. They send you your new license stickers by return mail. Sadly, that only works if you're not working on your renewal eight days before your license stickers expire.

I really am lame.

Notes for the future:

#1 - Music played on tinny PC speakers is gross. I'm sure the person singing on the second-hand CD Bernie gave you (Celine Dion) has a lovely voice. But not on your computer.

#2 - You're not really a "music in the office" person anyhow. It's distracting. Shut the racket off.

/end notes

Today I have made MOPT to work, for the first time in a week. I think it will be easier to get on a regular schedule after the holidays. Seems like at this time of the year, there are always things I need to do on the way to or from work.

That was lame, too.

It's possible that I just don't have anything to say today.