Random Thoughts

I was very productive today! It was great because I've been less than productive the past few days since Emma got sick. She was doing better today (but is still ill; we plan on taking her to the pediatrician tomorrow), so I was able to get a lot done. There's a lot to do after not being very with it keeping the house together for a few days. I had a lot of bill paying to do and account reconciling for one thing. Doing the finances while your husband is in medical school is always a frightening activity. It usually results in me realizing we have even less money than we thought (is that even possible!), but feeling better that I at least got it all straightened out. The good news, however, was that our electric bill was 40 dollars cheaper than it was last month because it's been so much cooler. For those in the rest of the country, 70 degrees would not be considered winter weather, but that's what its been the past few weeks. That means we rarely need to turn on the air conditioner or the heater. It's awesome! The electric bill is the most annoying of all the bills; it's like a fixed bill that's never fixed. In the summer we pay as much as 3 times the amount we pay in the winter, and there's no guessing how much we will need to pay for each month until the bill comes... I'm either pleasantly surprised or overwhelmingly bummed.

Anyway, on a much more amusing note and a random change in topic, I found this funny, yet strange video podcast that started today. It's Frosty the Snowman's 12 Days of Christmas podcast. In this episode, Frosty interviews Dasher the reindeer. I thought it was quite clever. I located it on revver.com.