Ok, I'll admit it. I'm no good at backtracking. Or blogging right now, for that matter. It all just seems to overwhelming and brain-power intensive. It doesn't prevent me from skipping around to my favorite blogs, though. Then I finish reading and go, "Oh, that was a simple way to put it. Why is it so tough for me?" Maybe it's writer's block or cabin fever or the mid-winter blahs.
We are freezing our hienies off here in Idaho. The high, (defined as the warmest measurable temperature for the day) reached 22F (-5C) yesterday. We are keeping warm inside, but that is the problem; we're inside. It looks nice and sunny outside, but then I step outside and every little hair freezes in my nostrils. But let's play the 'Glad Game'.
A) I'm not sweating in Cairo
B) I know I have a parking space when I go to the bank, grocery store or library.
C) We have a public library!
D) Any person I encounter in public speaks English.
The only downside? I can't argue with the grocer about the outrageous price of asparagus, strawberries or mangoes.
So I guess I have a lot to be glad about. The kids are finally warming up (hah!) to the idea of playing outside in the snow. They were little chickens, I tell you. Couldn't take more than 5 minutes outside before they came running for the door, pleading to be let in from the bitter cold. That was when it was only 40F (4C). Now they throw on their snow playing paraphernalia and spend all afternoon in the white drifts. We haven't had any new white stuff for about a week. Maybe we're on the tail end of all this. Probably not.
