10 degrees can make such a difference

Especially if the wind is not blowing.

It was 7 degrees when Caroline went out to the bus yesterday.

Today it is 18 degrees and it feels better. I don’t feel like every molecule of heat is being ripped from my body if I step outside. It is nowhere near warm but it does feel better than yesterday.

Yesterday was a regrouping day. Today is an errand day as in I have a lot of errands to run and a larder to restock.

This week, or what is left of it, is about getting back into the groove of school and afterschool activities. Time to get out of the pause that was the holidays.

I did have fun during the holidays. I saw my family and a couple of friends along the way. I made new friends and got to talk puppets with new people. I relearned that once a theater person, always a theater person. It gives common ground.

My brain still feels like it is in a deep freeze. Thinking is hard because it keeps coming back to I’m cold. I think once my body thaws out, my brain is going to work better.

I did get iPhoto to work again. I plan to organize some albums for our adventures. I also want to scan in my brother’s clues for Caroline’s adventure to her daemon blood sword.

Stay warm and stay safe.

I am grateful for those 10 degrees. It is amazing how much of a difference that makes.