Last full day at home

BUFFALO GROVE, IL, USA -- Well, hard to believe it but I have already been home for a week and my time here is just about up! I have had a really nice week... I have gotten to see all of my family and friends at least once, and most of you more than that. Thursday night was our family Hanukkah party at our house so it was great catching up, nevermind the candles, latkes, and mini-hot dogs. I also made it to three Blackhawks games, against St. Louis, Boston, and Detroit - and get this... they won all three games, two of them shutouts, and one in the shootout! We now are in first place in the conference, with games at hand, and we intend to keep it that way! Tomorrow night the game is here in Chicago, but I will be another 1,400 miles away in sunny and warm Scottsdale, Arizona! Okay, so they are calling for abnormally cold weather, but at least it will be sunny! Of course, we need to actually get there, and tomorrow they are calling for another inch or two of snow here, so it should be fun at O'Hare only a few days before Christmas. Well, such as it is!

Also, happy first day of winter, and shortest day of the year. Now we get to be optimists for the next 6 months, so that's good news! We had about 8 hours of daylight here in Buffalo Grove at around 44 degrees latitude, whereas London had under 7 hours at 51 degrees, and Copenhagen just over 6 hours at 56 degrees. In Yellowknife? Under 5 hours. Kugluktuk? You guessed it - the sun doesn't come up for another two weeks... they are in permanent darkness until January. Now THAT is just plain scary.

That is the update from here... been running errands all day, and got some new socks and sweaters - yes, the joys in life! Next post from Arizona!