It seems I'm still a California girl. Even though I've lived in the Midwest eight years now, I still do really dumb things in the winter. Past experiences have been driving into ditches when there's a lot of snow, leaving water in the car overnight (car is outside) and duh! It's frozen!
So I thought I was a lot smarter by now, but apparently not.
We've been blasted by some of the coldest, nastiest weather yet this year. It's been in the negatives in the morning, add a wind chill and it's like -20 below. Poop still has to be scooped in this weather so I bundle up appropriately. I'm very proud to remember to cover my nose with a scarf. I start chipping the poop into the scooper when I realize my glasses are fogging over. Not a problem, remove scarf so they can de-fog. BAD IDEA in this cold: my glasses quickly became ice cubes. DUH steam is water! So into the house I go to defrost said glasses.
So dogs trained, errands done and I'm driving to work. My office key is not working! It's frozen! So, I think to myself: I'll just blow into the lock to warm it up - good idea right? Well it is if you take care not to let your lips touch the freezing metal! Did I think of that? Noooooooooooooo..........
So now I'm sporting a nice little scab on my upper lip. Lips are SENSITIVE!
I wonder when I will finally wise up to how cold it really gets here?
Tricks by any other name
10 years ago
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