Snowed In

Chicago has received 12 inches of snow in the last 12 hours. Outside our window is a beautiful, white and fluffy, winter wonderland- and the snow is still coming down pretty hard. There's reports of white-outs and major accidents on the highways, so we're having a family snow day. JP is vacuuming (have I mentioned how much I adore the fact that he just randomly takes out the vacuum and starts cleaning whenever he has some down time?), Landon is bouncing in the Jumperoo, and I'm curled upon the couch with my flannel pj's, cup of tea, and a laptop. It's quite lovely.

The auction was a blast and a huge success for CLF. The live auction alone raised $23,000 more than the entire event last year. The bidding was crazy! To answer some of the questions from the previous comments- only students bid in the live auction. This year alums were allowed to bid on certain items, but they didn't win any. I don't know if we have some 1Ls and 2Ls with big trust funds or they just haven't realized their loans have to be repaid, but they were the big spenders of the night. The trip for 4 to Italy went for $14,000, the spa day I wanted went for over $2500, the Bulls game and dinner at Gibsons went for $2700, the NBA draft tickets went for about $4000, the "trip of a lifetime" (your choice of Mediterranean cruise, Asian exploration, or South American tour for two) went for $7,000-- with lots more big money makers. JP got very into the event and was bidding on all kinds of things in the Silent Auction- he ended up winning an iPod nano, guitar lessons, and brunch for 4 (that one's for me), so even though I didn't win my spa day, I'm glad we were able to donate to the cause. Landon had a big time being fawned over by the ladies, meeting other law school babies, and eating deli turkey for the first time.

I have many items on my to-do list. Important things like reading the 100 pages I'm behind in con law, or the two weeks I'm behind in sex law; working on one of the four papers I have due in marriage law, or the reaction paper I have due on Tuesday for my workshop. I could organize and file the stack of papers that's about to tip over on my desk. I'm having people over Saturday and next Tuesday (Super Tuesday party!), so I could prepare for that. But JP just dusted and cleaned the kitchen counter tops, so with that item marked off my list, I think I'll just sit here with my tea a little longer. Perhaps later I'll rouse myself to read Landon "Duck in the Truck" and play Monopoly with JP. I love snow days.