S.A.D.

That's S.A.D. as in seasonal affective disorder, or the "winter blues." I don't necessarily have this disorder, but going to and leaving work in the dark does affect me a little bit. I guess this street light that showed up in the picture will have to be my artificial sun for now. I should probably take the advice of my doctor and get vitamin D pills.

Local News

I was doing some last minute Christmas shopping last night when I came across a group of people just standing outside of the local news station, Channel 7. I'm not sure if they just wanted to watch the anchors deliver the nightly news, or possibly get camera time on a local station, but it was way too cold last night to stand outside and do anything.

Done

I was eating at the cafeteria at the hospital that I work at when I took this quick photo through the window. Across the large field that looks like it could be an ice skating rink is the Playboy building. It's only been 4 days since the first snowfall, I am completely over this cold snap that we've been having. Although, 11 degrees in Chicago is hardly a coldsnap compared to what it will be later on this winter. Even my dog doesn't want to go outside when it gets below 0.