It's a chilly, blustery, rainy start to 2004 here on Planet Vicster. Still better than the snow they've been getting at my old stomping grounds.

The cats let me have a bit of a sleep in this morning, but I could still do with a snooze. Must be the weather. When it's cold and dark and blech outside, it doesn't motivate me to do much more than that--or curl up with a book. Even Simon and Billie are happily snoring away.

I'm hoping my friends made it either safely to a nice hotel on the Oregon Coast to ring in the New Year, or that they made it safely home. Those roads in Oregon look like they're getting worse by the hour (except on the coast, which looks like it's just getting a lot of rain).

{{shudder}} Time for another cuppa--and another pair of socks!