Good to hear from you!
I'm glad things are going well. Good for you for speaking up to your landlord about the smoking!! That's awesome. I was going to say, if you can manage it, maybe a himalayan salt lamp might help? They release negative ions, and I know it helped with my seasonal allergies, but I'm not certain if cigarette smoke is the same. I think so.
BRRR, I've been miserable in the cold and we don't get nearly as cold as you do. I couldn't handle it.
And LMAO I understand about the yoga. There is a type called "power yoga" and I have a couple of DVDs of it. I cuss and yell at it whenever I've done the workouts. The trainers in my DVDs are either Bob (from The Biggest Loser, Bob) or Tony (from P90X, Tony), so I'm shouting things like, "OH MY GODS, TONY" or "WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME, BOB??!" ...so I think my neighbors probably thought I had boyfriends named Tony or Bob, lol. XD I haven't done those in a while, though. They are definitely intense workouts.