Back to Monday. Back to 4am and other early dark waking times. Back to the morning stretch, and freedom from backpain. Back to tasks and goals and productivity. Back to writing and planning and doing.

The holiday was fabulous and leisurely and full of baking - cinnamon rolls (grandma's recipe, instant new tradition) bread, cookies - and cooking - hello to the new world of fresh pasta and noodles (surprisingly easy, predictably fantastic) and dutch oven glory. The big big snow was fabulous and fun, and being snowed in with family (and food and wine) was warm and cozy and nice and just long/short enough.

Hello quite house. Hello dark quiet morning to myself with my coffee and a to do list and a softened stretched almost back to proper working order lower back.

Hello spring syllabus to edit.

Hello damned dissertation.

Hello coffee refill.