Mmm

Getting ready to write that final paper in french...so here i am, to get my writing engine going!

My crazy quarter is slowly coming to a semi-halt, still many things to be done, including grading, but that's that. Whine i shall not.

It has been really cold since yesterday, tonight we shall even enjoy some freezing temperature, runaway leaves continue to adorn every street and structure, mountains are graced by unprecedented fresh snow causing merry snow-boarders to call in sick. I am on the phone with my gas company. My goal is simple; i have a desperate need of my fireplace to crackle up those logs (faux, oui, mais c'est ça!) -keep me warm.

Ah, warmth!

Reminds me of our days in Paris. Some day i will sit down and recount, from the food to the places to the people to the man i was with. Someday. When i can breathe free and not have to count the beats.

For now, i will just think and smile.

S, my friend and younger colleague said something interesting the other day, on our usual walk back to the parking lot after a day or work. It's a boon, she said, to not have the blessing of mini me when it comes to mr jones. Makes us that much more appealing. Funny, huh? Now don't ask me what it means. That's what she said, with that trademark wink of hers, that i grew to love.

I wonder.

But no matter what, i am sitting here on a cold afternoon, alone and smiling away. Mmm...