after a hard days work yesterday - braving terrible roads and bad oregon drivers - i came home only to crash on the couch at 7. at 11 i moved to bed. at about 11 am this morning i awoke, groggy, with a suspicious rattle in my chest - but feeling much better.

lord knows what evil disease my death-like sleep may have helped to overcome, but it is obvious to me that i must've needed the extra zzzs.

the thaw in oregon has begun... but it is slow. odot does not know how to plow roads, and didn't even attempt on the side streets (like ours) - so there is an endless amount of ice and slush covering the area, and we are hovering at a toasty 37 degrees. and a special thanks to the big guy, who spent an hour or two in the wee morn to dig his wife's car out of the wintry mess so that she might get to work. i love that guy.