It's quite windy, and colder, and we have a new dusting of snow that is quite pretty but also conceals the ice. I slipped a couple of times, but did not fall. Once we got out into the field, it was better, as the snow has frozen and compacted and is very easy to walk on. In fact, the wind is so strong, it blows the plastic over my windows in and out, like a giant inhaling and exhaling right outside.
M came back yesterday. She is quite pale and has dark circles under her eyes, but she feels better and is perkier and happier. She told me her grades. She didn't fail anything, as was her goal. She did average okay, not great. But in the writing class (B+), she was asked to submit 2 of her pieces for further publication, so that was a very good thing. I think, being a writer of her calibre, and getting a B+, shows that her college has high standards and that is a good thing too. I don't know when/if I will address the drinking issue with her -- coward! Maybe -- since I have yet to receive any formal notification from the school and also she talks as if her European studies have not been jeopardized in any way.
We had dinner at C's last night and it was tolerable. PB was snarky mouthed and judgmental and obnoxious as usual, and at one point I gave it right back to her, but I didn't enjoy it. And now I have managed to get myself back in the position of going to her house on New Year's Eve -- the invitation from the dV's was for NY's Day, it turns out, and as that was revealed right at the dinner table, I had no choice but to re-insert myself into insecure PB's plans. But I regret it already and am wondering what kind of illness I can come down with so that I don't have to go. That's tomorrow night -- I have plenty of time to sort out my feelings.
Today I need to get some stuff at the market, including dog food, which once again, they did not have on Sunday when I had a ride. WTF. So I can lug one of those home today, along with a couple other necessities.
M was eager to get back here apparently. She indicated she had gotten sick of FF quickly. He is what he is.
It looks like there might be clear skies today, it is brighter and I can see blue.
And now I sit here, silent, my mind blank. I imagine M will sleep all day cos it sounded like she was up all night. The little bell on my front porch is ringing, and it only rings when the wind is especially strong. I hear that and the crinkle of the plastic over the windows breathing in and out. I never cleaned the floors yesterday -- after I got back from the bank and mailing my phone bill (I borrowed a stamp from work), I just didn't feel like it once I got back home. It was grey and dank yesterday, so nice to see light and a hint of blue today.
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