The Windows are Frozen Shut and My Eyelashes are Permanently Stuck to My Eyelids

happy monday folks.

you know what is absolutely, totally really not cool? a more than 40 degree temperature change overnight. now, i'm coming up on my 2 year anniversary with chicago and i'm nothing if not studious, so i've learned that the weather 'round here is um...a little nuts (or bat shit crazy - depends on the day). but c'mon...we returned from our lovely adventure to MIL's holiday party (another post. i promise.) and were just enthralled with the temperature gage in our car which climbed steadily toward 50 the closer we got to the city. my dad always told me that things that seem to good to be true typically are, but it seems i'll never learn.

fast forward. we awoke this morning to hubby running slightly late thanks to the trusty snooze button. this is bad any morning, but especially on a morning when you have a 7am flight to CO. and even more so when you look out the window to discover that your neighborhood is an ice rink. seriously. ice rink. that is what happens when it is 50 and then it sprinkles and then it is FIVE DEGREES and then you factor in the GALE FORCE WINDS and it is more like negative 20. layer those facts with one yorkie who refuses to potty and a commute of wind slashing your face like needles and windows so frozen they won't roll down to retrieve your parking garage ticket (yep, i drive when hubby is out of town. sue me.) and you've got one hell of a monday morning folks! so that's the bad news (sort of - not really bad news in the grand scheme of things i suppose).

but i have good news too. lots of it actually. for one, i stumbled across this awesome new addition to my blogroll. and that sidebar quote! going on the office white board for sure. i love it and i believe it. so much so that i'll say it again here. "my life is exactly how i made it. good." love the ownership. love the assertion. love the spirit. love the message; read: I'M in charge. put it on your bulletin board or your monitor or your fridge people. and then live it. every day.

also, i'm headed to CO on thursday to join hubby. i haven't skied in a couple of years and i'm psyched. we're going to see some old friends, check out the town, ski major powder for the first time and usher in another decade for hubby. that's right - he's going to be 30 years young on friday. so i have enough north face gear to protect a small nation from the cold and i'm heeding everyone's warnings about the water. "hey everyone. it's me. i hear you on the water. i'm going to drink it. lots of it. thanks!" and as always, i'll share our adventures with all of you. so meet me back here, won't you?

i hope your week is off to a good start. or at least that you have plenty of good news to balance any bad. sometimes, that is all you can ask of a monday. :)