Skip to main content

Frigid

There's cold, and then there's the cold that takes your breath away when you breathe in too deeply.

We've got that right now. Clear, blue skies, and frigid cold temps. There's just enough warmth in the sun to cause the enormous icicles that have formed along our roof to break off, sort of a mini calving like you'd see in the Antarctic when an iceberg cleaves. And loud, a big CRACK! happens, and then Whump! it hits the ground.

The governor just issued a state of emergency for the entire state. And asked all of us to lower our thermostats ten degrees! Right. So, if we're having issues keeping pipes unfrozen with normal range furnace use, what's going to happen when/if we drop that range ten degrees? That's the difference between liquid and frozen water. Ten degrees doesn't sound like a lot, but it is.

And I'm pretty sure she's not going to have her staff lower her thermostat by the ten degrees she's proposed, then put on her silk long undies and her sheepskin slippers and trot around the Governor's mansion in extra layers. I just don't see that happening.

It's supposed to warm a little tomorrow, by a few degrees, which should help. It doesn't take much, it really doesn't, to go from I can't feel my cheeks cold to be sure to wear a heavy coat cold.

And our office? It's charming. It's old. It's ridiculously inefficiently heated/cooled, like most are, so when the temps get extreme, it's unlivable. Our staff is all working from home today, and probably will tomorrow just so nobody loses a toe. Or nose tip. Or fingers.

I'm ready for spring now. And a nice, cheerful pedi. With flips..cool, pretty flips.

Right now? It's thermal shirt, big sweater, sweats, big socks, sheepskin slippers.

That there, my friends, is deep winter sexy.
Labels:

Comments

  1. Lemon GloriaFebruary 3, 2011 at 7:50 PM

    Yikes! Ten degrees is a lot. Especially when it's the degrees between not frozen and frozen. Sending you heat wishes!

    I'm aching for spring as well. Fun colors! Sandals! Sun!

    ReplyDelete
  2. StevieFebruary 4, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    LG Thanks so much! We're beginning a relative warming trend today which should help, but honestly, warm sun is in order!

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

It might have been the moon

 The second Super Moon, also a Harvest Moon, just happened. On the same night I had my mini-meltdown. (see prior post). I've talked with several friends who reported intense emotions, mostly around stuff that needs to be released, resolved. When I think about my angst, and how intense it felt, I realize it was all about that kind of stuff. Old stuff, patterns, thinking, habits. So maybe the moon precipitated things. The bubbling up of angst and anger and icky stuff lasted all that night, but had calmed by yesterday morning. Thank gawd, because that was a morass of darkness, the likes of which I haven't experienced in at least a decade. The rest of the weekend has been pleasant. Uneventful. Full of errands, chores, a really nice walk this morning, yummy food, naps, etc. The one thing about energy that feels constant is that no mood lasts forever. Energy continually shifts and morphs, like the Universe knows too much, too long, of any one sentiment just isn't a good idea for ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Experiencing system issues

Last night we booked my return flight from Rhode Island. The one I'll be taking once I've situated Daughter in her dorm digs. We used rapid rewards, which tends to take a little longer than other transactions. But still. We were on the phone for almost an hour. An hour! Really? And we had to give them the credit card number 5 times. For one flight and one rental car. I'm just sayin' you guys may be the best bet out there in terms of airline choices, but come on! At least provide fun Hold music if you're going to make people engage for that long. Seriously.
Post a Comment
Read more

It's been a minute

Oh, what a summer it's been! Heat, the likes of which we have never seen seems to be enveloping the planet. They told us this would happen, and it is.  Now what? Is it time to think underground bunkers? To really explore moon colonies? To continue, on an individual basis to do what we feel we can to help the greater effort? We bought a hybrid two years ago. We'll probably buy an electric car once we feel like the infrastructure is in place, but right now, it's not.  We recycle. Glass ( WHO is drinking all of that wine?! I ask myself each time I toss the bottles into the big bin.). Food. We compost all but animal products, and use it in the garden.  Cardboard/cans/plastics go in the recycle bin each Tuesday. My husband thinks the whole recycle thing is a big scam, and that all of the recycling and trash gets taken to the same place - the dump - because there isn't adequate staffing to sort and really carry out the recycle process.  I feel this is a cynical view, but ...
Post a Comment
Read more