when hell freezes over
if there were ever a day where hell indeed would freeze over, this would be the day. never in the whole course of my life have i experienced such temperatures.
let me tell you about my morning.
- i woke up and accidentally kicked illias the dog. he was sleeping on my bed.
- i answered a few emails.
- i checked people's blogs.
- i did paperwork.
now, paperwork is due on tuesdays by 11.
"no problem" i think to myself. "i will simply finish my paperwork by 9 am, go to yoga at 9:30 and still have time to drop paperwork off by 11."
here is what happened.
- i finished up paperwork
- i drank a glass of OJ
- put on yoga clothes
- tied my shoes
- put on winter coat
- put wallet and keys in coat
- put on scarf
- said goodbye to illias the dog
- went outside to my car
- started car
are you still reading? if not, pay closer attention to this part.
- let car warm up for a few minutes
- drove out of driveway
- drove to end of street, turned right
- drove one block
- heard strange and loud sound
- felt car jiggle and bounce
- pulled into mechanic's lot which happened to be on my immediate right
- got out of my car
- looked at passenger side tire
- found tire completely flat and coming off of car.
well. at least i was at a mechanic's.
- found mechanic
- told him my tire was coming off
- he said "let's take a look"
- we walk to my car
- he literally takes a step back and involuntarily exclaims "whoa!"
- i die a little on the inside
as it turns out, things like this happen in the cold cold cold cold cold cold weather. (whaa...?)
so i walked home.
let it also be known that the wind chill factor is currently -15 degrees celcius. just kidding. fahrenheit.
allow me to remind you that i am only wearing thin yoga pants because i did not plan on spending more than 45 seconds in the great outdoors.
and although i live very close to the mechanic's, it is still a healthy ten minute walk back to the house. and in that small amount of time, i nearly lost all fingers and toes. i kid you not.
my fingers were aching with an unbelievable pain as they warmed up inside my house. that's how cold it was. plus i had gloves on and had my hands in my pockets of my coat while walking, so you do the math.
i have now been home for twenty minutes. thankfully i lived to tell the tale.
what a crappy day.
if there were ever a day where hell indeed would freeze over, this would be the day. never in the whole course of my life have i experienced such temperatures.
let me tell you about my morning.
3 Comments:
girlfriend, our wind chill was -30 this weekend. and the actual temperature when i drove to the fallout saturday morning was -14. if you don't have at least 2 layers on all over, you might as well be naked because that cold cuts right through you.
yes. granted, Minneapolis is colder. the material point is that i did not have at least 2 layers. just flimsy little yoga pants. :)
it's freezing here. but thank goodness it is still not so cold!!! don't you love that burning sensation as your hands slowly thaw out? yeah. didn't think so.
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