And so it is upon me

[rolanni]

Today, it snowed. For some values of snow. It has for the moment ceased snowing, having deposited no significant amounts anywhere within sight of my office windows. There's a winter weather advisory in force from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. tomorrow promising one hundred percent chance of ice storm and assorted Ick. The long-range looks wintery in the extreme, which would be alright (it is, after all, January), if only I'd had time to prepare. Last Sunday, it was 44F (6C) -- heck, yesterday it was 41F (5C) -- and I was puttering around outside in shirt sleeves. Note to self: Remember to wear your coat tomorrow.

Once again, I spent most of the day writing, Mozart at my side and in my lap. I did make one brief foray into Second Life, where Kit Jimenez performed Shopping Therapy.

Tomorrow starts the day-job. Fingers crossed, everybody. I'm out of practice with the whole um, workplace conformity thing.

Comments

[elbales]

Good luck. Also with the weather.

It is 40 outside. Forty. In the SF Bay Area. That's just not right (for some values of right). And then I read that you go out in shirtsleeves and I think, "Does everyone who lives in snowy climates have all of the nerves frozen off of their skin at an early age?" Because I have to wear at least two sweaters under my heavy coat with muffler and insulated gloves and a hat, and sometimes I'm still cold. I suspect Mainers would point and laugh.

[keristor.livejournal.com]

I live in England, which hasn't had a snowy climate since I was a kid. I wear shirts (and no (under)vest), and they have short sleeves. If I wear long sleeves then I overheat drastically (when it rains I have a dilemma -- wear a coat and get soaked by sweat or no coat and get soaked by rain? The latter is cleaner...).

My lounge temperature at the moment is a comfortable 15-18C (59 to 64F), and that is a bit too hot for me at night, I often sleep on top of the covers (my bedroom temperature tends to be between 58 and 62F). My central heating system hasn't worked for over 3 years and I'm not paying out for a new one (it's well over 20 years old) to just sit there and not be used.

I could, however, do with a good air-conditioning system to keep the temperature below 70F in the summer...