Well, it has happened. I’m officially a Californian Wimp now. I just went across the street to get a soda at the little store there (which I call the “Food Museum”, but that’s another entry), and on my way back home I was struck at how incredibly freezing cold it was outside.
When I got back inside, I reveled in the comfy warmth, and looked at the temperature outside. I was certain it was absolutely freezing cold.
It was 42 degrees outside.
I’ve been used to dealing with zero degrees in mid-January in Minnesota. Heck, -20. Why not? Apparently it takes about five years for that tough outer layer of cold resistance to wear off completely once it’s no longer being used.
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Wow, I might have to start calling you by various girls names like the Dr Cox character does to JD on Scrubs. It is currently 8 degrees out in MN and I contemplated whether or not I should wear a stocking hat because I didn’t want to get too warm.
In the midst of the warmest winter ever in Connecticut (it hit 72 in parts of CT last week), I was shivering walking downtown in 33 degrees. I too am quickly becoming wussified.
(in my best Nelson voice): Ha-ha!
I remember when I was a kid, it was so cold that………………………………… ……………………………………………. …………………………………………. …………………………… ……………………………. ………………………….. …………………… ………………………………………………. …………………………., and that was uphill BOTH ways!
“Food Museum” that’s a good one. I remember buying some katchup there one day and it was the consistency of tomato paste.
ha ha, wait till you go to a cooler winter climate, your first cooler climate winter will be an interesting experience. We are expecting some fun freezing rain tomorrow night in the ATL.
It is now -7, today (2/3).
-26 in Lakeville this morning (according to the weather guy, the city is in a depression so the air settles). My freezer doesn’t come anywhere near that. Lucky for me it was only -15 when I rolled into work. Heat wave really.