After a few inches of snow, schools were closed today for most of the districts in our area. Tomorrow does not bode well, weather-wise - sleet, freezing rain, more snow - all on the evening I will be traveling to Boston. I am envisioning delays in getting through security, delays in the plane arriving, delays in boarding the plane, delays in taking off, delays in landing. Of course, there are numerous other steps in the process during which there could be... delays. Taking three books with me and a Fortune magazine. Delays longer than that will require getting a hotel room at the airport and waiting for a flight until the next day. If I was smart I would have already booked a train to Boston, but meetings tomorrow afternoon will prevent me from doing that.

Working at home is starting to lose its luster. The stool I sit at here in the kitchen is not as comfortable as the cushy Lazy Boy one I have at work (not a recliner, but still very comfortable). There isn't as much room to spread out my many papers, and I don't have a wireless headset for my phone. We do have a library I could use, but it's cold and dark and the decades old roll-top desk is not well designed for laptop use. Plus, there is the added detraction of the cats having claimed the room as their own in all ways possible, if you get my drift.

Dreams: I was in a restaurant and had bought something for $1.35. I tried to pay the cashier but he didn't believe that anything was that cheap. My waitress had disappeared into the bathroom and I didn't want to lose my place in line at the cash register (not that there was anyone behind me, but still). One waitress finally emerged from the ladies room, but she was the wrong one. Mine finally came out and had on a pink uniform. The check was also on a pink slip, although she just waved it at me from a distance rather than bringing it to me. Anxiety over possible reductions at work? Concern that the reductions will pass me by and I'll have to deal with survivor's guilt? Or did I just want a cup of cheap diner coffee?