If, when everything thaws this Spring,
you happen to see a right ear and part of a lower lip lying somewhere
on the street, would you please pick them up?
They're probably mine.
I can't believe how cold it was when I
went out skiing Saturday and running this morning. Of course, I
can't believe that I actually went out skiing Saturday and running
this morning in a windchill of about 150 below, but I did. In a
concession to the weather I did actually wear long pants (several
layers of long pants, in fact), but I did go out skiing & running
on different days. Call me crazy, if you'd like. You wouldn't be
the first person to do so.
As I write this I haven't checked to
see if any schools have been canceled today because of the cold, but
it wouldn't surprise me. I really do not wanna sound like one of
those people who start off every sentence with the phrase “Back
when I was a kid”, but (ahem) back when I was a kid, I don't
remember having school canceled because of bitter cold. I remember
being at school on days when the air is frigid and the wind chills
were extreme. In all honesty, I don't recall if the conditions were
as harsh as they are on a day ;like today, but it seems to me like
they were, and yet I was still in school.
Now, though? Not so much.
I realize that there are legitimate
(and very good) excuses for keeping schools closed on a frigid
morning like this morning. I mean, the fact that seem to have lost
two parts of my body while out running is basically the best reason
for closing schools. Still, though, it just seems (at least to me)
that they close and cancel things quite a bit more than they did
(ahem) back when I was a kid. I don't know if it's true, I don't
know if my perceptions are just askew. But all through my life—when
I was a kid, and now that I'm what passes for an adult—I just seem
to think that many more things went on as normal despite the bad
weather.
Like I said, I don't know if that's
actually the case or if my perceptions have been warped by whatever's
been warping my brain since I was young. But I tend to think that it
might actually be the case. After all, if I'm stupid enough to go
out running on a day so cold that you lose body parts, I must've
picked up the habit somewhere, right? There must be something in my
brain that tells me it's okay to go out on a day when the wind
chill's around 150 below.
Well, it's just a thought. Hopefully,
some day soon, the weather will moderate, and I'll be able to run or
ski without losing parts of my face. After all, with only one ear
and no more than one and half lips left, I'm rapidly running out of
body parts left to fall off.
8-)
(ps--I just checked. Schools aren't closed today. Now you know!)
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