The weather went poof, magically transforming from wet, soggy and disgusting, to a sunny and pleasant autumn day. I feel bad for not taking advantage of it, I slept through my fitness class this morning (I know, I'll probably get disgusted emails from Sarah about being irresponsible or something). I am having the worst time getting used to the time change, its really weird, it shouldn't take much to get used to an hour shift. Yesterday, I woke up in a panic at 6 a.m. because it was daylight already and I thought I was late for work. Last night, when I drove home while the sun was setting, I got really tired really fast and had to force myself to stay up past 7 p.m. Then today I couldn't even stir out of bed for the life of me. Now, all I want to do is go lie in the grass and enjoy the sun (too bad the grass is soaking wet and I work in a room with no windows).

Tonight I am going to see La Boheme at the Houston Opera. I discovered last year that I actually like opera (gasp!). The Houston Opera usually only shows really ultra-modern, often-in-English operas, so I was excited when I found out about La Boheme. I really had to do some digging to find someone to go with me (I'm going with Buzz, who's a friend's girlfriend of many years, who've I've heard spoken about often, but I just met her for the first time when she started working here about a month ago). I was disappointed to find out that the version of La Boheme they are doing is not the traditional version, but some sort of upgraded version that takes place during World War I, instead of the 1800s. Oh well, the music is the same, I'm sure I'll enjoy it, since I am so inexperienced with opera anyway, I think I'd appreciate any of it.

Oh, and as a final thought. What is wrong with this picture? Tickets from Houston to London are $198.00, including for the best days to travel on for Thanksgiving (Wednesday through Sunday). That is the same price as tickets to Philly and S. Florida, and CHEAPER than tickets to D.C., Cleveland, Seattle, Vermont... And that's just a "best price" comparison. I am not even going to talk about the outrageous prices if I actually wanted to go on Wednesday through Sunday...