10 degrees colder again this morning -- it's down to below freezing. That's enough, doggone it! Unless it were to snow. But it was sunny, so I took a longer than usual route in.

Last night was strange with the parade. My memory of Christmas parades as a child was that most of them were on a Saturday afternoon, or just a few blocks downtown. This one was going through a neighborhood (I thought I'd get around it going that way, and wound up on the route itself). Dark street, just a few "atmosphere" street lights that barely light up half the street, widely spaced. What are the kids and adults going to see when it comes through there? Not to mention it's one of the worst potholed streets in town. Maybe the mayor wants everybody to know how bad that road is before he repaves it.

mgw4jc reminded me I saw a police car coming in yesterday. I was going to ask him how fast he caught me going until I saw he'd actually pulled someone over. I decided to mind my own business at that point.

Edited to add: I forgot to mention that the showers at work were closed today. As it's been a while, I brought in some fresh baby wipes. Attentive readers will be less surprised than your oblivious author was to learn that baby wipes brought in a pannier through freezing weather are not nearly as warm as a nice hot shower.