Because it was lunchtime, I forced myself to go outside for a walk.
This normally would not be an achievement, but it was a shaky 58
degrees. It's been that way all week, and will next week, too. It's
Winter, I know...but when the Old Man throws in a hearty gust o'wind as
well, this isn't easy.
So I'm ambling...not struggling, just dealing with it. You know what
load of dung then entered my mind? (It was actually a tour bus that
went by, and I could, at that moment, see what those out of towners were
thinking) "Ha! You think this is cold? This is nothing! Hell, where
we're from, you'd be knee deep in a concoction of snow, dirt, water,
and gravel! You gotta get tough!"
OK, but...
If you live here, in Dealville, this IS cold, you see. Which...
What makes it so that 58 degrees with fun wind is normal to anyone?
Does a person's comfort zone only exist indoors? I don't know that it's
about "rights" and wrongs, and I know I'm not alone. The scuttlebutt
around the office on Tuesday was a guarded agreement that hoo wee, it
got really cold, didn't it? I'm cold. You're cold, so we agree?
In my youth, I don't remember ever hearing anyone say that outside, or
inside for that matter. It's been decades, so I could have easily
deleted that memory. Maybe it's too obvious? Maybe "no shit" would be
the answer, and no one wants to hear it.
(But, no one wants to hear from Dealville when it's glorious and others are letting the car warm up, either)
I see March from here. The sun, basketball, a big stretch. Lemme hear those horns.
