The missus and I are attending the Sens/Blues game tonight so I decided not to drive 50 minutes to work, 50 minutes back home and then make the same drive to the game so I worked from home. It just so happens that today is also a beautiful sunny day with an afternoon temperature of -5'C (22'F). I'm sure you know what I am leading to... afternoon break was not coffee but skates, stick and pucks. I could get used to this:

I work from home four days a week, so yeah...guilty as charged. Not much this season though. Last year we had a regular Friday lunch hour skate, but the weather and our schedules haven't made that possible yet this year.

Ive been skating for an hour every morning and its been fantastic. Even better is that during the day the ice is melting a bit so it resurfaces itself and then refreezes for next morning. Lucky and unlucky. I have time to skate but being a state plow subcontractor leaves me with no money this winter. (at least I get to skate everyday!)(bright side of life!)