This morning, I hurriedly grabbed my work bag and also my iShuffle. I woke up late again for the second day since coming back from my San Juan vacation. I guess I need to get back into work mode. It did not occur to me that I have not updated the songs in my Mp3 player since October or November of last year. Needless to say, as I was on my train to DC, I decided to listen to some music. I nearly fell off my seat with laughter as one Christmas song played after another. Sigh, I need to go Mp3 Hunting when I get home tonight.
As a weather update, I am so glad that we won't be getting any snow storms this week. Instead, we are getting a mixture of rain and some snow showers with no possibility of accumulation. For me, this is good news because the snow from the last storm is still here and needs to melt. Also, my heat pump needs a break. It has been churning for the past two months non-stop, and I am not looking forward to getting my electric bill this month or the next. (I suspect $100 and up, yikes!) Aside from that, the roads will remain clear for smooth driving and trains won't be shutdown due to frozen train tracks just like two weeks ago. I am just glad my area didn't suffer from the massive black-out in some counties because I can't imagine myself shivering in the dark. Just an interesting read: "According to Fox News, the federal inactivity could cost taxpayers about $100 million every day in lost productivity, or work that’s not getting done.” (For full article, read here.) So since the federal government shut down for four days, we are looking at approximately a $400 million loss. Phew, I don't even want to think about that.
I still love winter, but where, oh where, is Spring?
Merry Christmas, Kayni! joke... actually, i just took down our Christmas decors after the Seollal (Korean/Chinese new year) as per Alex' request.. weather is slowly getting warm here.. the streets are mixed with people still wearing winter clothes (including me) and youngsters and fashionistas excited to sport their colorful spring clothes. it gets really cold at nighttime till morning though... our gas bill (for boiler) for last month amounted to almost $130 and our electric bill was $70-- really made me crazy, huhu...
ReplyDelete@ jehan, that's why i'm trying to save extra money for this month's electric bill. i have a feeling it will amount to more than $100 too.
ReplyDeletewell, i don't bring my ishuffle anymore to the office, kasi balik balik din ang songs, time to change all those oldies but goodies songs!
ReplyDelete@ sheng, i agree. some new songs would be nice.
ReplyDeletethis is why i want you to work nonstop so it wont cost me an arm and a leg :D
ReplyDelete@ photo cache, arm, a leg and more...lol
ReplyDeletewaiting for spring huh! i hope it arrives soon, for you kayni. parang mahirap ata ang puro snow!
ReplyDeleteYou're not alone. Christmas songs pa rin ang nasa playlists ko. Hahaha.
ReplyDeletei'm the same - it's hard to get into work mode after a wonderful holiday but a few days and you will be fine ;)
ReplyDeleteit's the same here- we also expect a lot of rains for the next few days and a relatively warmer temperature than the last few days. yup the snow has to really melt.. hopefully spring will come sooner than expected ;)
@ toni, i spoke too soon. snow's expected again this weekend...sigh.
ReplyDeletehaha yes its really hard to get into working mode. I generally do the beemp3 site, thanks to u now I got another one :)
ReplyDeletehehehe. may hang-over pa yan ng pasko. sa dami kasi ng trabaho parang wala na ring time to update ng playlist. minsan mas gusto ko pa ngang sa radio nalang makinig kasi bago mga songs nila.
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