Had a house party. Started Thursday. Got a little bigger than I expected. That's a pretty mild description of the past five days. This is why I plan to play during months of inclement weather. Where I live, there are at least three solid months of freezing temperatures and snow. Except, this year, we didn't have even one. In four days, I'll have lived here for 36 years; I don't recall a fall so warm and beautiful, a winter that never came, or a spring so fast upon us. Ever.