Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:00 a.m. in "The City." We have a current temperature of 25°, as we drop to the overnight low of 20°. We'll rebound to 35° later today and by Friday we'll see 36° under partly cloudy skies. Saturday will be warmer still, albeit more cloudy, with an expected high of 37°. We are in a warming cycle until Monday.

We finished the index about 4:00 p.m. yesterday and then we went out to get my pay. I opted for cheese and onion enchiladas at the favorite watering hole. I like to think that that was premium pay. We also stopped off at the Post to see Sally to get some soup she had prepared. I haven't eaten it yet, but the day is young. We made it home about 7:00 p.m. and Sugar the Weather Dog was here to greet us, as always. She was in full needy mode as we finished the index, but I find that endearing. Later, we sat and watched a Hallmark Channel™ movie and then it was time for bed, at least for me.

I didn't see or hear a trains last night. This morning at 3:12 a.m., the northbound train rumbled through. Twin locomotives towing 56 covered hopper cars, one box car, 10 of those dreaded black tank cars, a lone white tanker, and a gray with white stripe tanker. In short, it was a long train.

I'm hoping to get a call from the eye doctor that my new lenses are in and ready to pick up. They would make reading that next highlighting project a bit easier. I have the day off to do what I wish today. That means that I have time to read, play with the girls, set up the tree, and do some laundry, after walking with the intrepid weather dog. She and I went out yesterday as Mary finished some work, and when we stopped by the library to drop some books, the city was taking down a tree with chain saws, a wood chipper and lots of extraneous noise. Sugar could not get away from there fast enough.

My baking yak visited yesterday. It was a sharp twinge that passed quickly, but it was not welcome.

The sun will rise at 8:05 a.m. and set at 5:09 p.m. Ciao.