The coldest temperatures in two decades is here. To make sure both of the cars I have use of right now work, I am taking them out on some runs to make sure the engines don't freeze out of lack of use. For example, right now I'm at My Favorite Late-Night Italian Place. I'm not hungry, and I really should be in bed now. But I have to put my car through its paces in the cold.
I'll do the same thing tomorrow: I think I'll drive to work in my parents' minivan, and then at night I'll use my car to ... well, I don't know, but again, I think I need to use it, so I guess I'll get coffee. Anything to avoid watching the last Mythical National Championship in college football.
But starting when I drove home from the community center tonight in my parents' minivan (I went home and switched cars before heading out to eat) I felt the cold. Worse yet is the wind; it always seems as if that when it's cold, it's windy. But this one is worse than I've felt in a long time, if not ever. I took out my glove so I can get out my key to open the front door. When the gust of wind passed over my hand, I felt the blood in it change its mind and go back into my heart.
It's deathly cold outside. I still prefer the cold over snow and the humidity and heat of the summer. But not this. God no, not this. I really hope I'm able to live through this. And for those of you living in states that are going to experience this "polar vortex," I wish you good luck as well.
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