Brutal Weather

We had several days of sub-zero weather with strong winds and dangerous wind chills. Naturally, they did not close the college where I work. Over the weekend, we celebrated Kimberly's birthday. She was 52. She got a book on becoming an expert cookie chef for her birthday. We also baked a cake. I chose the mix and the icing, but I'm not very good at this kind of thing, so she did most of the work. The cake was yummy!

I spent some of these cold days celebrating my distant past. I made quite a bit of Algerian couscous to survive this weather. As it turned out, the Battle of Algiers was on TV and I watched some of it. I had seen it in France. It is in both French and Arabic with subtitles.

Another way I've spent some of these frigid days is watching the Penguins, who are doing fantastic. I enjoyed watching them in Montreal and hearing O Canada in French. The Penguins have only lost one game in ages, and they lost it in OT, so they even got a point out of that one. They won again last night. It's very exciting. The usual suspects, Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Recchi, and Fleury, all did great last night.

It was awful walking to work the past few days. I have to park far away, and it was -4 degrees both days. The windchill was around -20. Today I get to go in a little later because I am working an AIDS Awareness table for Black History Month at a campus which is closer to home. It's warmed up a bit and the wind has quieted down.