Good early morning GH. It is just past 5:00 a.m. in "The City." I hadn't intended to get up, but I awoke to my shoulder aching. I got up, took an OTC pain killer, and now I am waiting for it to have an effect. So I guess you could say that this is a regularly scheduled blog.

Our current temperature is an above freezing 34°. We are supposed to peak out at 36°. Mary and I were tired of working yesterday evening, so we went out for a while. When we returned, the huge icicles I pictured in my "Special Edition" blog in the afternoon had fallen from the roof. Good thing I got that picture for my chronicle of the "Winter of 2014." Further proof that the decision to create the chronicle was a good one. With a little luck, the icicles will have melted, or soon will, so they will no longer pose a hazard to travel in the shared driveway. A side note, Mary thought I should knock them down before they fell on us as we were leaving. I demurred because I had this vision of myself with an icicle sticking out of my head or my chest. She assured me that she would have called 911. : - ; Those easy to reach icicles can be seen at the upper left of the photo below. Now what is left of them is lying in the driveway.

Here's hoping that the melting and fallen icicles are but a harbinger of things to come. However with the temperatures expected to fall after nearly one inch of rain on Thursday, that is unlikely. As I noted in my afternoon "Special Edition" blog, temperatures are expected to fall starting on Friday, and stay that way all next week. We just can't seem to catch a break.

The train went by heading south about 2:00 a.m. At least I think it was heading south, because I didn't get up to look. Today I have that P/T appointment after which I will return to my highlighting. Hundreds of pages and a lot of detail. That pretty much defines my day. I know that Mary often says she is not making much progress on a per page basis. I now know what she means. As I have often said, most books I learn something as I read, this isn't one of those. That is unless you count that I learned an alternative way to tune Ivy, my 12 string guitar. Not a good trade-off.

Sunrise will be at 7:35 a.m. today and sunset at 6:19 p.m. Mary announced that she had her alarm set for 6:00 a.m this morning. I protested, but she asked. "Why are you concerned?" To which I could only reply, "Because my bedroom is part of your office."

Enough about me and my day. Ciao.

Get well Barb.