high ho, high ho!

and you now the rest.

well, my long and fruitful bid on the umemployment community is coming to a close. its been quite a gift of annie to give me this time to read, study, write, cook etc. you've got to realize what a super gal i've got. i'm sure you know. Man, we have had our times though :) :) this move has been hard on her, though i really know she is very glad to be here, and i'm grateful for that. anyway, i'll be shoveling snow here (no, seriously) when needed (5am-9am; yeah the circadian rthyms will be getting a bit of a jolt), and more than likely working at compusa selling unsuspecting locals lots of fun electronics to make there life nirvana on earth. man, i am so excited to see the first snow fall (i've decided to let the blizzard i drove through in wyoming not count). i think i'll probably shed tears. i remember so clearly being in Norway for the winter olympics and gripping (sp? "to gripe") because i had never seen snow fall, and it wasn't falling then (great weather for the olympics). we had a little snow flurry and i can absolutely picture that looking out the window at that great appartment in Oslo. it seems like i've been a viking traped in a desert in california. winter means something special to me, not to mention cross country skiing (aka real skiing), downhill (aka fat american skiing), snowshoing, ice climbing, sitting by the fire (wait, i mean "the oven"), and all that good stuff, not to mention now getting a phone call 4:30am telling me its time to shovel the walkways (whoopie!). it will be nice to have some more cash for beer (good local brews). the keg has been running dry lately { :) }. take it easy, take it with grace,

for wonder