Cold weather seems to be in my destiny this weekend. The temperature in Houston is supposed to drop into the 20's tonight and stay that way for the next few days. Thankfully, it will be dry, because I can't imagine what Houston would do if it actually snow or there was ice on the road! But, of course, I'm going to be in Vermont, where, according to this morning's weather is 2 degrees (wind chill of -8). Lovely.

I am really tired today and its going to be a long day. The drive to Rice on Tuesday was 45 minutes there but 1.5 hours back, I need to figure out a better route so I don't spend 2.5 hours in the car during my commute. Unfortunately, my class ends at the start of rush hour. Right now I'm not doing much, but, excitingly, STS-107 is launching today -- and as an added bonus, I finally have the software on my computer so I can listen to the Mission Control audio loops and here the guys here in Houston talking to the astronauts on Columbia. Its very cool.