'Tis, I Say, 'Tis!

Oh, it's definitely the season. I was godsmacked that, of the four partners who have spaces in our office today, two of them had gifts for me! I'm now over $500 richer and have some lovely chocolates which I will need to eat extremely sparingly (not sugar-free alas) and a collection of nice-smelling upscale hand lotions. The latter two were certainly lighter than yesterday's candles, which was good because I had my backpack with me for the trek back to the subway. Amazingly, it was easy to get on the first train that came; unsurprisingly, I wasn't able to get a seat until 72nd Street. But by 125th the train cab was only about half full and everyone was able to stretch out and relax. Same with the local bus, I got the third one available but by the time it hit the northern part of my neighborhood there were only a few other passengers. It's still a gridlock alert day but you wouldn't know it by the public transit, it was wonderful! Maybe it's because we've had a break in the cold weather, and I didn't have to bundle up quite so much today. Tomorrow it's supposed to get up into the 50's, but with lots of rain and wind. I just hope we have enough of a break to open the windows awhile.