Winter philosophy

Winter is looming. I dislike the cold. I know that I'm from Michigan. I often explain that in Michigan, we don't go outside in the cold. We heat up our cars in our garages, go from our house to the car to our office. We are literally outside for a parking lot walk. We do not hang out outside.

In Chicago, I have to walk to the train, wait outside for the train (the bad part of the "elevated" train rather than the subway), walk to work, walk a lot of places, walk outside to see the free stuff that is supposedly fun to do in the winter. 

At least the trains have heat lamps that you can stand by. When I saw this pigeon curled up by the heat lamp, I knew it was my spirit animal. 

A satisfying winter day is when I'm curled up in a ball next to a heater. 

I hope you're all staying warm. And if you live in California, I don't want to hear about it.

My spirit animal - this pigeon knows how to do winter

The Dangers of City Living

When you walk past skyscrapers every day it becomes easy to ignore their grandeur. In the winter, you see caution sign everywhere to warn of the danger of falling ice.

Today, the danger became a little too real. As I turned a corner a huge piece of ice fell from the building in front of me. As it hit the ground and broke into a million pieces, some ice chunks definitely bounced up and hit me. I can't even imagine the force that the entire ice block would have been...

I contemplate the legal significance and the duty of the building owners and think a sidewalk warning is definitely not enough.

I really think the bears have the answer... Let's hibernate for the winter! Isn't that something we can all get behind?

I forgot to take photos of my day 3 of the 12 days of Christmas. I left 3 childrens books - Chicken Little, The Three Little Pigs, and Goldilocks and the Three Hares (yes hares). It's a fun little thing. I wish that I had picked up real chickens though. That would have been hilarious... Another time... maybe the opportunity will come.

Today was amazing though. I got to see the lights at Temple Square. It was a bit crowded and chilly for my taste, but I enjoyed the evening. Here are some photos from my adventure.

Spring Break?

I don't think I thought this through very carefully. ... I'm on spring break. I'm hanging out in the Library and looking at gray skies and a high of 34 F and snow showers. I thought getting away would be amazing!

But then I forgot that it was still winter, and decided to go to Chicago for my Spring Break. What was I thinking?

The previous 3 breaks that I've had, I've spent in the Law Library working on papers. At least for this one, I'm in a library with windows... (and editing rather than writing papers)

I've also learned that I really do have a cat allergy. I thought I was making it up. Well, the red eyes and wheezes tell me that I wasn't making it up. We'll see what Claritin does for me.