Snowmageddon

Some comments for this snowy day - snowmageddon, is it even a word?

The Good

• I received my first ever bonus. It was not about the money but the thought that I am included (despite new). It definitely makes me appreciate the company more as they kept us in their thoughts, and will continue to pray for no layoff with fingers crossed!
• Wii Fit is still in demand
• X'mas Party time!
• We will have a White X'mas, first time since 1971 from coast to coast in Canada
• I have my snow tires on, yeah, it's night and day difference... especially through corners
• I helped push a neighbour's Smart car stuck in snow to her garage, yeah. Reminds me of last year when others helped push Cat's car towards our house

The Bad

• We will have a White X'mas
• Bad year financially for 2008, it hurts to look at the portfolio

SNOW

Oh my god, it is snowing outside. I am excited and depressed at the same time

• Excited that first day snow is always pretty to see, and took pictures to remember this moment
• Apparently this [seeing measurable snow in October] happened only twice in the last 7 years, great
• Depressed that winter is actually here, and soon I will have to shovel, put things away and accept the truth

Early Winter

This morning I had frost on my windshields, and they became snow when I scrapped them, so there it is - Oct 22, 2008 is the first day I see snow this winter, and it is not a great feeling to see it so early.

Time to pack away summer clothes, take out scarf and gloves, and get ready for cold mornings

ER
In season premiere Dr. Greg Pratt passed away, now Dr. Abby Lockhart has left (along with Luca) to Boston in the 3rd episode of season 15 (last season).

As I watch the story unfolds, I feel like I am losing pieces of my memory, of ER, of this great show, and the countless moments where life, whether bright or dark, unveils before you, in this tiny place called the Emergency Room.

Abby has been in ER since Season 6, still reckless as usual, but she has grown up from a nurse into a brilliant doctor who understands the patients and will go the extra distance to care for them.

Her personal life [in the show] was nothing to write home about, but to make someone who has been around for so long disappear in 1 episode with a lame story of moving to Boston, it hurts. It hurts less than the death of Dr. Pratt or Dr. Green, but Abby is my favorite character and she will be dearly missed