Good (?) Morning

Went to sleep immediately after the Super Bowl last night and woke up with a congested head at around 4 AM. Tried to fall back to sleep but between the sniffles and the warmth (can you really be warm when the room temp is just 62 degrees?) it was no use. Especially when Julie the cat started to meow at the door.

So I got up and dressed at 4:50 AM and headed down stairs. Fed the cats, poured myself some java and have been up since then. Being vertical has done wonders to clear my sinuses. I'll either take a nap later this afternoon or crash early this evening. If I try to stay up until a reasonable bed time (post 9 PM) I'll probably have a tough time falling asleep. I'm sort of odd that way.

Speaking of odd. We have one cat, Shadow, that absolutely will not sit in anyone's lap. Nor will she even sit on the couch next to you. The other two, Julie and Chester, will not only sit in your lap but will cling to each of Terry's hips as she stitches on her couch. Yet, whenever I get up early like today, it's Shadow that finishes breakfast and then, after a brief stalk of the house, heads for the bedroom door to demand that Terry get up. I can go and haul her away from the door--as I did this morning--stroke and pet her for 10 minutes and then place her on the living room couch where she normally naps the day away--alone--only to see her bolt right back upstairs to continue protesting Terry's slug-a-bed ways. At 6:30 AM.

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We got just a tiny dusting of snow during the night. Probably lake effect. The areas to the east of us (over toward Ithaca and Binghamton, NY) got/are getting more as the winds sweep down the Finger Lakes. Looking at the ice maps of the Great Lakes seems to indicate that most of Lake Erie has frozen over thus cutting the moisture supply for the snow machine associated with that body of water. Not so Lake Ontario, however.

AccuHunch and the National Weather service have posted a Winter Storm Watch for the area beginning Tuesday late and ending late Wednesday. Two storms, one from the northwest and a second from the southwest are supposed to converge over Maryland and sweep up the coast. We may get five or six inches from this one while Maryland, DC and NJ can get something close to a foot.

Joe and I might have to postpone our trip to the Outdoor Show until Friday.