15 February 2008

heat wave.

We have had a quite a cold spell here in Minneapolis in recent weeks. I think that most of January was spent in temperatures between 10 (yes, just plain old 10) and negative ___ (you fill in the blank). Add in the wind chill factor & your bones are even cold. Seriously.
I'm at the point in this season where I have stopped listening to the weather. I just know I need to wear thick black tights, a couple layers on top, and not to leave home without my mittens, hat and scarf or I'll be really sorry.

But the last couple of days have felt really warm. I even walked outside for a few blocks yesterday with my jacket unzipped and it felt really nice. I didn't really make a conscious thought of what the temperature actually was, I just knew it felt pretty warm in comparison to recent weeks.
Last night I was waiting on a group of people from Orange County, California. It was a beautiful night: huge snow flakes falling from the sky and pretty warm outside for winter, I thought. This group was sitting at a table surrounded by windows. At some point I encouraged them to enjoy the beautiful night. They stared at me blankly and one woman said, "Beautiful?! It's cold!"
"Do you think so?" I said.

She explained that they were from Orange County and that their hotel was 3 blocks away and the concierge encouraged them to walk and it was a tought experience. It is a short walk, three blocks. But not to 4 Orange County residents in 15 degrees.

Yes. This heat wave, this warm weather what I galavanted down the street with an unzipped coat and my hat and mittens in my bag was fifteen degrees.

xoxx

4 comments:

  1. I have to wonder what your reaction would be to a Pacific Northwest Summer or even...dare I say...a SoCal summer? After your body believing that 15 degrees is warm, I think you are entitled to a vacation destination to where the temperature is at least 50 degrees...year round!

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  2. Our summers are pretty hot and humid here. The extremities in weather in the upper midwest is pretty amazing that way. Summers so hot & humid that some nights your bed sheets are warmer than you and winters so cold that when it warms to 15 above everyone's out in shorts! This is why I love Minnesota weather.
    But a mid-winter vacation in a warmer climate would be okay too... :)
    xoxx

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  3. Ha! That's hilarious.

    Funny that you thought 15 was warm, and "funny" that those stoopid californians could not see cold as beautiful.

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