Wintery Gloom


I decided to stay in San Antonio this weekend since I start night shifts at midnight on Sunday night. However, it's about 50° and pretty gloomy outside right now, so my day consists of pretty much sitting on the recliner in the living room reading a book. I think there might be some wood outside in the backyard, but I'm not sure I'm quite brave enough to start a fire. The last time I had a fireplace was back in early 2000 when I lived in St Louis. One evening I decided to take advantage of the fact that I had a fire place. Only problem is, I forgot to open the flu thing, and within about 20 minutes my entire apartment was filled with smoke. So you can probably imagine my hesitancy now.

#project365 day 9

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