That sucks - it must be just awful weather there.

On the sidebar topic, I don't see it as "obsessive". It's just how we get around, after awhile it's normal to ride the bike. I haven't missed a day this winter (not the same as your winter of course), and I hear comments ranging from "dedicated" to "nuts" but it's really just going to work. "Obsessive" would have been driving to work the morning of our zombie/snow apocalypse knowing that it could take hours to get home, or not get home at all. The drivers were obsessive about using their cars, against all reason, not the one or two on bikes.