Most people that know me know I drink a lot of water. So yesterday morning, per usual, sitting in traffic on my way to work, heat blasting to try to get some feeling back in my hands and stop my body from hurting, I take a gulp from my bottle of water I grabbed from the fridge on my way out of the house. This is also unusual that I have water in the fridge as I don't like cold water, but for some reason I put it in there. About half-way through this new bottle, I see the unfinished bottle I had left in my car last night. Extra water, perfect! Letting no water go to waste I pick up the slightly older bottle to finish it.
As my room-temperature-water-loving mouth sting's from the sheer coldness of the substance I just put in it, I realize not only why I don't like cold water, but more importantly that the water in my car was MANY degrees lower than the water from my 37-degree refrigerator.
Welcome to winter in Philadelphia.
Per weather.com it's currently 22 outside ('feels like' 11). The snow that greeted me this morning confirmed this, but it didn't feel quite as cold as yesterday morning during the water incident. Tonight, however, is a different story. Tonight is forcasted to be 9 (and 'feel like' -1). -1 DEGREES, PEOPLE. I don't even know what -1 feels like and can't say that I've ever wanted to know. But, alas, I shall find out tonight. And again tomorrow night as it's not forcasted to warm up at all.
On the other side of my shock at the temperature outside (mind you, I have been in Texas for 8 years), I appreciate the cold. I really do. I appreciate having distinct seasons and enjoying the gorgeous brown, leaf-less winter trees covered in a light dusting of white. It's wonderful. I love how cozy it is to curl up with hot chocolate and a book and I love how close Mica sleeps to me at night to keep warm. I'm thankful that I can experience this beautiful city during this chilly season and that I do have a warm place to escape from the cold.
Let me not be numbed by the cold and forget to be silent and appreciate where I am and why I'm here.
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