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Mika really hated the cold. More, she felt, than the average Minnesotan did. She hated the cold with a burning passion, and yet she couldn't even fathom leaving normally. It's only on days like today, when the cold bit through the many layers of clothing she donned to try and combat the cold on her way from her car to her office. She ran as quickly as she could to the front door of the office, unlocking it with shaking hands before depositing herself in front of the heater. She removed all her outer layers as she warmed up, making her way to her desk. The law firm she worked for wasn't big, and she doubled as the secretary sometimes on days like today when having the secretary in really wasn't necessary. Mika started her computer and looked over the files she had to finish today, in addition to a paper she had to finish for school. Luckily, she had the office to herself and she highly doubted anyone would be coming in today.
Mika was able to work in peace until about one o'clock when her grandmother called her.

"You're coming home tonight right? Sila is coming home tonight so you should be here for dinner." Mika looked at the date on her computer and realized that yes, Sila was in fact coming home tonight. Which Mika loved her cousin, she really did, but Sila had the perfect life, one Mina's grandmother was pushing her into.
"[color=fdc68a]I'll try Noki, I promise.[/color]" Mika said, before her grandmother continued to fill her in of all the gossip that Mika missed between yesterday when Noki called, and today. How her grandmother managed to amass enough to fill an hour, Mika will never know.
"[color=fdc68a]Noki, I gotta go. I have some audio files I need to go through for this case.[/color]" Mika managed to get off the phone with her grandmother and stand up, walking around the small office, stretching her legs. She normally loved visiting her family, and it's not that she didn't want to visit them but this pressure for finding a husband was killing her. Mika knew her grandmother was dying, and Mika knew all her grandmother wanted was to see Mika married. Which is what Mika thought about when she glanced at her email again. She had sent out several missives, some through craigslist and some through friends who said they knew someone who was in a similar situation. She didn't have any money to give but she figured there had to be people in the world who were similar to her. They didn't even have to live close to her, just be able to visit enough to placate her grandmother until they could get a 'divorce'.