It snowed overnight, and the wind is strong. The birds appear to love it, and are making more noise than normal. Perhaps they're cawing in anger at it. I expected the snow to muffle everything, including humans. But there's more human noise outside than normal and I'm not exactly happy about it.

I want to spend the snowday in bed, but my bones already ache. My right toe tends to go numb quickly -- not even numb, it starts to burn. It moves beyond numb to pain. No matter how warm it is in my apartment, and no matter how many blankets I have on, my toe knows it's cold outside.

I would like to start some kind of business. What I have in mind requires me to draw, and while there's some potential there... I have very little confidence in my abilities. The only thing that has stood in my way is that I just never put the time into it. It's really all about practice, and I never fell in love with drawing. But with the right inspiration (and my biggest, most obvious personality trait is that I'm goal-driven), I can probably do it.

I suppose I just need something to occupy my time and mind that isn't food.

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