but.
have you ever had to let your car run for FOURTY-FIVE MINUTES just to get it to blow warm out of the vents?
have you ever had your eyelashes and nostrils freeze solid in the space of time it takes you to get from the parking lot to the grocery store?
have you ever had to move a space heater from room to room with you because the blasting cold air seeps through every space in your home?
have you ever lived on a day so cold they cancelled school because the buses couldn't start?
those memories trump the festive ones, in so far as determining where i want to live my life. where i would celebrate my holidays is a different question entirely.... as long as i get to come home when they are done! :)
(i have actually looked like the person in this photograph. much to my sorrow!)
4 comments:
Your mother asked me today if I had any idea what -20 felt like. I told her I don't even have the ability to know how to comprehend it. Some crazy cold.
It got to -46 in Edmonton yesterday WITHOUT THE WIND CHILL! Seriously, why do I live here? I spent maybe 2 minutes outside filling up my bird feeders, and it took 15 minutes for my glasses to defrost.... Ugh! At least the birds were happy :o)
Yes, I am continually questioning this myself...
it was -24 in chicago when i went up there a couple yrs ago. I told my parents i have never felt SO COLD before. It was so cold there that i never want to go back unless it is summer time! My birdfeeders are frozen because it is so cold. and there is food in them and i dont want to touch them because its so cold! the birds are happy and they still eat. :)
sporty
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