Seasons

Who says we don't have seasons down here in New Orleans? Damn, we practically had all four of 'em just this week. When we went to bed last night we had the air conditioner running. By morning it was in the 50s outside and tonight it will around be down to the upper 30s with a much lower wind chill. Yeah, I know that's not considered cold in Minnesota, but it's pretty cold by New Orleans standards. I'm thinking it won't get below 40F here, but I'm sure it will feel a lot colder. It's all relative, you know.

Today was another day off the bike, thanks to the rain we had all morning ahead of the cold front. On Sunday I skipped the Sunday Giro ride, and instead did a long solo ride up on the levee. Somewhere way out there around Destrehan, my computer hit 49,000 miles. It's going to be tough to get out the door tomorrow morning in the dark with that cold wind blowing. Tonight The Wife decorated the artificial christmas tree, and the house is full of the usual holiday decorations. Hey, anything to get your mind off of reality, right?

It was a long day at work today, and I had to skip one meeting downtown that I had wanted to make in order to put together a last-minute photo presentation for Sharon to take with her up to D.C. around mid-afternoon. Somehow I managed to get good photos from four of the local universities, put them all into a nice little package with four photos per page, find someone in the building with a color laser printer, etc., etc. Under the circumstances, I think it came out pretty nicely. Thinks are not looking too good for the university, financially speaking, and the uncertainty is starting to get to everybody. We've already lost a few key administrative/academic people, and I suspect more will follow. I think things will get worse before they get better.