might snow tomorrow

they call it cybermonday. it's the first workday (for most office workers) after black friday and lots of folks use their work internet to go shopping. the phenomenon was noticed a few years ago, which is a duh b/c the internet hasn't been around all that long, and is attributed to internet access at most workplaces being better than at most homes. used to be that offices had the t-1 trunk lines and homes had dial-up, but more & more homes have fiber optic access which affords them internet access at speeds comparable to those formerly available only at the workplace. this equality of access should result in a lessening of the cybermonday effect, but let us not forget that folks would rather waste their employers's time by shopping when they should be working. between the shopping and the workplace parties, bout as well write off the entire month of december. bah humbug. the workplace is for working, even in december.

but the thing is, i remember setting up that waterbed right there in your room, late one winter night, while you slept down the hall in your brother's room, we set it up right there where you can still see the marks because it mashed down the carpet, and the thing is, i am not ready for you to be done with it, to be done with that room, done with this house, with us.