More of Winter

And today it snowed.  And then it rained.  It was the first real accumulation of the season, although barely that.  Three inches at most.  And still we are four days from official winter.

It was enough to cause Sissy and me to cancel yesterday evening's original plan to head to the parental units' to put up the tree - it was really the only time we were going to be able to do it if the tree were to have a longer display life than the single night preceding Christmas.  As it happens, a family friend will have a Christmas Eve party here in the city - the plan had been to stay in the city and ride home Christmas Eve, and then no one would put up the tree before late Christmas Eve. Now, because of that, we'll try heading out Friday the 23rd, all come back in for the party, and then all head back out.  Not quite efficient, but so goes the scheduling.  Celebrate when time allows (and try not to think about the article one foolishly agreed to write, with a January 1st deadline...).