Made it back from my accounting course.

Now my fingers hurt. It's -7°C (around 19° Fahrenheit) out there and my car door refused to close properly. So I was fiddling around in the cold - without gloves, of course, because my gloves, while warm, are really *thick* and you can't do any fine work with these. So fiddling with the car door lock required my fingers. At least it finally decided to close - for the way back.

On my way *to* the course, it didn't. So I took a tension belt (which I always have in my car), looped it around the inside handles of both doors and cinched it tight. And drove to the accounting course with my door roped shut! ^____^;

Unfortunately, the arthritis in my upper finger joints doesn't like cold at *all*. So the upper finger joints are hurting. >.< Very unpleasant. I'd really like to have a pair of gloves that's warm, but thin. I'm not sure if something like that exists. Because most of the time I need the gloves when I drive in the winter. My car, being old, has all sorts of little malaises that I need to take care of before I can drive off, and it takes a while to warm up *while* I'm driving. So I can't have gloves the size of boxing gloves. Haven't found anything properly thin *and* warm, yet...

Aside from that, accounting was ok. I'm starting to understand the basics and really, that's pretty much all I need. I leave the serious stuff like taxes to my CPA. I just have to be able to do the day-to-day stuff. I think I will be able to handle that after this course. So, two evenings done, six more to go... :)

>.<

Despite all my efforts, I caught a cold. >.<

So my Italy report is going to take a bit longer...

I *am* working, but it's going slow, because my head feels like it's been stuffed with garbage and left to rot.

I *HATE* having a cold...

*beats virus with a Vitamin-C stick*

I have to go to the Post office and to do a bit of shopping. But I don't want to.

It's raining. It's pouring. It's cold. It's dismal.

It's supposed to be MIDSUMMER today! How am I supposed to celebrate out in the garden when I have to *swim* there? >.>

This weather is starting to get ridiculous. And very much on my nerves. >.<

Never mind me... just venting... ^__^;