This is getting old

The snow, that is. It's beautiful, sure- especially because until yesterday our street wasn't plowed so it looked like the north pole! I can't believe a week has gone by since this weather started- and I have basically nothing to show for it.
well, I guess that's not completely true-



We made: chili, mashed butternut squash, sausage, currant-cranberry-orange granola, pancakes (from scratch)

We ate that other people (neighbors) made: hot chocolate, chocolate-chip-butterscotch cookies, beer (yep, our fabulous neighbors are making home brew that is quite good!), and hot soft pretzels (these were heavenly)

I cataloged our CDs, alphabetized them, and put them for sale on our neighborhood list serve. I made $150 yesterday and have more orders for today. That's not too shabby for a day's work. AND I'm getting to clean out the basement. Yeah, it's pathetic, I know.

I read 2 journal articles. Total. This might not mean much if you are not getting a PhD- if you are, you know that that is a poor daily average, let alone weekly. I can't get motivated to read. Or write. Or do anything productive. I vacuumed, and today I think I'll organize our family (mortgage, car, bank) paperwork. I'm feeling very motivated to organize today- but it has taken 6 days of doing nothing to get here. If I had been smart, I would have made a trip to home depot- there are so many house things I want to do- tile a backsplash in the kitchen, tile the built-in buffet in the dining room to make it one big trivet, paint the downstairs hallway, paint the basement. But instead- I watch TV! I have re-discovered HGTV and Discovery Health. There are these shows about complicated pregnancies that I have gotten into this week- like, The Epidural Didn't Work, or, Pregnant with Multiples and having a Natural Birth! Or- Pregnant with Triplets and Gestational Diabetes, Pre-Eclampsia, and Husband is getting Deployed! These shows are completely ridiculous, narrated by a woman far too calm for the situation, but I'm hooked. I will also admit, sometimes I cry when the babies are born. I feel no emotional connection to these parents, none at all, but for some reason Im always surprised when the baby gets sucked out in one piece and alive, that it catches me off guard.

I think i need to drink less wine...or maybe more wine....or maybe I'm just ready for school to start again.