17 Degrees this morning?!

Hello from the freezing...South!? It's actually going to be warmer for a bit in NY when I'm there this week. Crazy.
Last night was great fun as always when my buds from Texas come up. I got to meet Tatsu and Boo and they were as hilarious as the rest of us. Dinner at the GRIT then a conversation party at the hotel (where it was warm, sigh.) Helen Keller jokes! How evil is that!? But we couldn't stop laughing--Helen Keller had a brief stint on the Vaudeville circuit...but she didn't know it!!! Oh boy, I could get shot for that one....But that's how you have "fun" in Texarkana apparently. Of course there were little gifts and cards and some memories of Jess. Today would have been a great day for celebration if Jess were still with us--she might have come to Athens and we would have all been together.
We still remember you Jess! And I'm going to get you that "forbidden dirt" if it kills me! You deserve it; if anyone desrves to be "here" with "him" it's YOU! Much love to ya girlie, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY wherever you are....
Breakfast at 8am, ouch. That hurt! 17 degrees according to the radio when I got up. No amount of heat this heater is pumping can help it seems! Think I'll take a nap before Cinders gets into town...see ya soon for some fun--chilly fun, though, BRRR!