It is cold. Damn cold! The wind chills have dipped below 0 these past couple days. This is the type of weather where you want to stay inside in front of a fireplace and eat comfort food. A companion would be nice to go along with that but let's not be greedy.
Before I lived in NYC, I never really thought about the cold weather much. When you live in a car society, the only time you spend out in the cold is to and from the car. Here in New York, unless you are among the wealthy with a driver to take you everywhere, you have no choice but to go out into the cold. To accomplish this feat, layer upon layer of clothing must be donned. By the time you have on the long underwear, clothing, the sweater, sweatshirt, pullover then jacket, scarf and hat, you are a massive, puffy blob. You can't hear or see. If you need to go shopping, navigating through a store is next to impossible. You can't walk by a shelf without knocking something over - but with all the layers on, you can't feel or hear that you've done anything. To compare, I imagine it would be like wearing one of those theme park character costumes - you need a guide to get around and if you're not careful, you could knock over a small child. You'd never know.
I shouldn't be complaining. So far we've had a very mild winter. Only a couple of weeks ago we reached a high of 72 degrees. But does the temperature have to be so extreme? These are the days I wish I lived back in Southern California. The only time I was able to experience the cold and snow when I live there was when we went to the mountains. I remember one winter around my birthday, I went with a friend to the beach. I think the outside temperature was a balmy 75 but the water temp was unbearable. But who cared? We were at the beach in January! Those were the days. When I remember those times, it makes me wonder what the hell I'm doing here in NYC. Now I know why so many that live here travel to Florida at ths time of year. I think it's time to start planning my getaway or move....
As always,
TOO
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