Which means we can in fact climb as a family later today! W00t-w00t! Although my right hand is still kinda numb from yesterday’s chainsaw pull cord incident. Not to mention the ache in my right shoulder, bicep, and pectoral muscle. Very lopsided with the effort to get that cold engine started in the early morning chilled air. But I digress.
It’s a sunny, if bitterly cold Saturday morning, with weather that feels like minus eleven degrees Celsius. That’s one way to wake yourself up, just head out of doors in your pajamas, and breathe for a few moments. Brrrr. I will definitely need to warm the car up before we drive anywhere. I’m sure the windshield and all other windows are coated in frost. And so begins the season of earlier starts due to having to scrape every window surface prior to driving, for visibilities sake. Ice is a real problem, but frost is much easier to clear with a quality scraper on hand.
The pesky part of winter, is not just the bad driving conditions, reduced visibility, and snow encroaching on the roads width. But the black ice, and doors that freeze shut so you can’t even get into your vehicle in the first place. When I get out of a car at night I have to remember to turn the heat up, and place all the jets, and cents on full blast, so the remote starter can have some chance at cleaning off the glass in the mornings.
Sliding passenger doors in our part of Ontario live to freeze shut. Kids have to get into the car via the trunk, or drivers side door and climb over the console, and other chairs to get to their seats. It can become a real hassle once we consistently have temperatures down near minus twenty or beyond.
I for one am glad I did not wake up to a foot of snow (so far) that needed to be shovelled out of the way. I will say this, I do not mind snow in the month of December because it makes all the lights look that much better, and it feels very festive for the holidays. But! Come January first I am altogether tired of it all, and would like nothing more than no more snow at all until the following December.
I have not skied in decades, I don’t snow shoe, I don’t do cross country skiing, I don’t snowmobile, and I rarely skate. Winter makes me itch uncontrollably regardless of moisturizer use, and a fully functioning humidifier on the furnace. I hate the cold so, so much. Snow pants, long johns, Balaclavas, insulated boots & gloves, you name it I still feel the cold right through to my bones, and I detest it. Ugh! I understand snowbirds more and more as I get older.
If I had the money, and the mobility* (*read that as both children, and pet commitments) I’d go away from January first through March 31st and avoid the worst of it all. Maybe I can convince my wife once both kids are off to college, or trade schools, or are working full time living their own best lives.
I do hope those of you in Singapore are having a good time looking through this blog. I’ve seen recent spikes in viewers from your region this week. Slowly trying to catch Germany, and the US viewer numbers I see. I will most definitely reach 4K views this year. Back when I had to do like 250 views to reach it in one month I was thinking it might not happen, but now I need 5 more views, with a month to go, I’m positive I will see 4,000. An all time high. One I won’t soon top. A blessing, and a curse. I remember when 43 views in a single day was enough to keep me wired for a month. Then I randomly hit 1,500+ in a single day in July from Germany, and now my elation response is skewed. It really shouldn’t be, because 33 in a day is still above average, so I should be happy when I see that or anything above it really if I’m being honest. Just doesn’t hit quite like a 1,500 does! Still no ad sales ha! This is the way.
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