Well It Had To Happen....

No snow here yet. I’m at Rockport TEXAS. Maybe here there’ll be one of those freak coastal snowfalls of 1 1/2”

Quark wrote:

Red Lily wrote:I'll be dealing with -20 degrees and, I suspect, a LOT of it soon lol.

Not yet but coming.

I've been here eleven years, now, and this is the latest I've seen it coming. Odd.

I'm happy enough it hasn't, but it's odd.

Yeah, I remember snow as a kid, too. Two things: First, I didn't get cold, as a kid. I'd be out in the snow all day, weekends and Christmas breaks. Even older, in my twenties, I could spend the day on our local (SW NY) slopes, and not get the chills.

When I was 19, 20, I rented a resort home, off-season, close to work. Furnished, $100 a month. But I had to pay the heat, which was electric.

I'd save money by turning the heat down to 55 and leaving it. Just put on a flannel shirt, and I learned to be comfy. The furningshings included an electric blanket, which I made liberal use of.

That changed...oh, I don't know. I spent four years in California; and then two years in Denver. I remember not liking the snow so much, there - but there wasn't as much of it. Denver winters were overrated - it's as temperate as Louisville; it's just that the thin air (5200 ft) lends to VIOLENT temperature swings. When a storm comes over the mountains and settles in the valley there, it really dumps.

Then, on back home to Ohoho...where my first winter on the ray-rode, I worked nights in the yard. Not happy times - the work was okay, even fun at times, but the wet cold feet, just blew. I was delighted when promoted and put on the road - it meant less ground work. Also meant no regular sleeping, but I didn't know how I'd fare with that.

Now I just can't take it. I absolutely DREAD it.