I have never wanted to get home into my apartment more than I just did right now. Its dark, windy and cold outside, and I didn't wear enough layers today. The feeling of being in my cozy little pad with its lego look and heated floor puts my mind.

We leave for Shanghai in 36 hours. I have been reading constantly about the city and things to do. There is no shortage of news coverage of the worst snowstorm in 50 years over there, with the hundreds of thousands of people trying to get home, this one chance during the year, to see families. However it seems that the worst hit parts of further south than where we will be.

Lunar New Year is the BIG holiday here. I went to the department store on Sunday and this is when the crazy shopping happens. Not Christmas, but now. I kind of liked watching it all go down. Especially since I didn't have to buy anything.