Did you know it’s Cyber Monday? I do, because it’s not even 6 AM yet, and I have 14 e-mails with “Cyber Monday” in the subject (all from close personal friends, of course). So today’s the day you’re supposed to go to work and use the corporate bandwidth to buy shit on the Internet (not sure how that makes this different from any other day). Personally, I won’t be participating in the great American event, because I don’t have to go to work today. I can’t really enjoy it, though, as I have to go to the vet. One of our puppies – Peggy – has been limping. It’s been going on for a while now, but was kind of intermittent, and she seemed to be running around and playing OK. But in the last week or so it’s gotten more frequent and more pronounced, so it’s time to go see what it is. This of course has me all kinds of worried (it’s been less than ten months since we lost Siggy, and I really don’t need any more tragedy in my life – at least for a while), and I haven’t actually been able to sleep more than a couple of hours the past few nights.

Plus, we seem to have moved into winter around here. It’s on the cold side, and we’ve got snow on the ground. Not a lot, yet, but I can feel the weather change in my bones (which don’t feel that great even in mild weather). After last year’s reprieve from winter, I think a lot of us are bracing for Mother Nature’s payback this season. Not that I’m complaining, of course. Not after what so many people have been going through in the wake of Superstorm Sandy. I’m just not looking forward to it.

Ah, a 15th “Cyber Monday” e-mail just came in. I’d better check it out – there could be huge bargains in it.