When I was 12, one time my family gathered at this lodge in the hills near Manti Utah for my uncles wedding. This Lodge had a big wrap around porch-one side entertaining us with a hot tub. Me and my cousins decided it would be fun to run from one side of the lodge (the hot tub side) to the other in our barefeet-and back. It was april, but it snowed for us during out hot tub party which is why the run from one side of the lodge to the other was a fun idea. After soaking in the hot tub, the snow was so cold it burned! As we ran around, my feet went numb, but I was so "Alaskan tough" that I put on a face and sucked it up for sake of my state pride/ego. A few of the younger cousins couldn't handle it, so then I carried them part of the way piggy back style-which was also cold, but I was just proving how "tough" I was...and what wussie's they were in the snow.
When I went to school in Idaho-I refused to pull out my big winter down coat. It was windy so I figured it was more logical to just wrap up in several layers of polar fleece anyways. There were two days, only two that winter, that I will admit, to it actually being Cold. I still say the rest of the winter was only chilly. However, from the windy city of Rexdburg I did decide that Leg warmers aren't weird, but actually quite practical, and therefore, worth buying and cordinating with an outfit.
I share these stories, to give you a picture of where my personal thermometor stood before. I used to prefer cold to heat, I thought, "Theres only so much you can pull off when its hot out, but when its cold you can always pile more on." My personal thermometer read 70 degrees as HOT. And About 68 was ideal comfort level. at 80 degrees, I thought I would fry.
That thermometer worked great for living in alaska. However, I have a problem. I'm in California this summer. When I got here, they were having my ideal weather. It felt great, but everyone else was complaining about the cool weather. Then, it started warming up, gradually over the last 6 and a half weeks. On monday, this pattern Climaxed at 100 degrees, at 3 pm. And I enjoyed it. I was outside in the sun, and I remembered my sunscreen, and to reapply it, so I didn't burn. It was awesome! Then, Tuesday night, at Sids softball game, it was 70 degrees outside, and I was chilly! AAAAAH! Help me!
California screwed up my thermometer!
I'm gonna die this winter....
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