It's dark

The sun now sets at 4:03, and on cloudy days, you would think it was even earlier. And with the shorter days has come the first snow, though it didn't stick to anything but fleece, so I looked like a snowman and the sky looked spotted, and everything else just looked wet. But, it's week 8 in our 10 week schedule, so in a short time, I'll be on vacation on some sunny desert beach in Egypt (I hope), while everyone else pretends it's Christmas...nice :)