Mostly, this is just a short, complain-y update about living in a developing country with cold-as-crap winters.
I’m cold. Although I’m insanely lucky to have a small apartment and a warm gas stove, I still feel like I’m cold most of the time. We’ve had snow on the ground here for two weeks, and weather reports are calling for another storm tonight.
My pipes are frozen, and because of the soviet-style engineering of my apartment building, I can’t figure out where the pipe that brings water into my apt actually is, so I can’t take a hairdryer or boiling water to it.
I trudge about 3/4 mile through a snowy field to work and back twice a day for class and clubs…where I work in a building with laughable ‘heat’ (that gets turned off at noon anyway).
The sun hasn’t shown its face in about 2 weeks, and regardless of the vitamin D I’m taking, the lack of happy sunshine and prevalence of gloomy fog is bringing me down. At school, teachers don’t want to teach, kids don’t want to learn, and no one wants to be there when the weather is all shitty, so it’s hard to find inspiration.
Trying to keep my head down and trudge through the next month or so with plenty of vitamin D, a fully-stocked hardrive with TV shows and movies, a really high gas bill that I’m NOT going to feel guilty for, and plenty of warm tea and comfort food (you know, when I have water).
Gahh, winter blues….
This is an excellent opportunity to quit shaking and make your own insulation.
Keep warm!
I meant shaving. The hair should help with the shakes.
this winter too shall pass : ) we are having a “non-winter” event in PA this year. ***i get to take fiddle lessons at augusta in april with gerry milnes. : )***my husband had hip surgery so i’m learning “home care” fast.***cannot decide what classes to take at augusta this summer. maybe i’ll stay home for this season.