This has been the coldest winter we have ever spent in South Texas. In the olden days the weather is a non-issue. We used to joke about the weather report being all of of 30 seconds long and monotonous. Today the temps did not get out of the 30's. Has that ever happened before? Yes, maybe once or perhaps twice in a whole winter! We are having to wash our winter clothes far more frequently and many of us did not bring enough with us to last from one wash day to the next. Cabin fever is taking its toll as well. Yes, we can get out and scurry from one building to another but being the warm blooded folk we have become we are very reluctant to do so. Butch and I had a conversation this morning whereby we are toying with the idea of staying here longer this Spring. It is far too early to make that call but it is a seed in the back of our minds.
Butch had a pool league to play in this afternoon and he did not do well. We came to the conclusion that his hands are like ice and being plagued with arthritis form all his winters of outdoor work they simply do not work as well as he would like. He sat with a heating pad on his hands for the remainder of the afternoon and finally managed to get the cold to leave his hands.
I have stayed in most of the day and worked on beading some rings and some computer work. I have on two pair of socks, two shirts topped off with a hooded sweatshirt and I have not once broke a sweat.
So tomorrow I must get out because I have computer classes in the morning. Will anyone show up?
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