The up side is that it's given me the opportunity to see people I've not seen for awhile when I spend extra time at one of the local coffee shops (sometimes it's Starbucks), and my time at home has been spent working on things that I might have otherwise put off (ie lesson plans for the school quarter beginning tomorrow).

The down side is that it's just so blasted inconvenient!

... and it's putting a slight hamper on my ability to follow through with my New Years Resolutions.  The moments when I am able to get online I'm either at work or trying to check email - unfortunately, blogging isn't quite the same priority.

Speaking of which, time to get back to work...