Sorry I can't join you. But I'll lift a glass of Hot Cocoa in your direction before I amble off to bed. Got to get ready for that 11 hour work day.
By the way, I spent some time in your neck of the woods back in the early 80's. I was stationed in North Chicago (Great Lakes) for Electrician's Mate A school while doing my stint in the Navy. Lots of fond memories and very cold memories. Arrived on the 17th of December 1981 and left in March or April. Snow, snow, snow. Remember riding the trains everywhere including Wisconsin where we did the majority of our drinking. Rush Street. Shoveling Snow (not something I had any prior experience with)