It's freezing again. I'm sick to death of this seemingly endless winter.

Been running around a lot the past few days - we went to see John, who had hip replacement surgery at Jefferson Hospital in Philly, on Friday which led to us going on a mad drinking spree...Gah, as if that weren't hard enough on this old gal, yesterday, I had to make a condolence call on an old family friend whose brother died - very unexpectedly at age 47. I went with Gina and Tom. So sad to see his family so broken up by the whole thing. Last night, we went out with a small gang of friends to Cork to celebrate a bunch of February birthdays. It was a good laugh. Today, we had a quick breakfast at Jo's - the highlights were Jo's frittata and teh English bacon we brought. I got it at the English store in town. Ridiculously overpriced, but once in awhile, it's a good treat. Yum. Today, we're hanging with my family - yet another birthday celebration...Am ready to go on a fast, but I'll somehow manage to plough through Gina's homemade lasagne today.