The deep south is no stranger to a few days of really cold weather in winter, but the deep freeze has set up camp in our backyard, and is overstaying its welcome. As southerners, we have long since acquired the skills needed to withstand melting like chocolate bars on our sidewalks under the burning gaze of a hot ball of fire mixed with wicked humidity, but we are nothing less than a bunch of sissies when it comes to cold.
Although I am desperately awaiting the return of chilly temps without bone chilling properties, it is my nature to "eventually" look for a positive in the negative. Of course, finding positives wasn't my first inclination. You know how I'm prone to bitching, wailing and gnashing of teeth. However, January is slipping away, and I feel as if I haven't given my pleasure seeking mission a fighting chance. So, here are three positives I could find about being submerged in a deep freeze:
1) I've been freezing my ass off! Whoo hooo! A real bonus which cuts back on the need for gym time!!
2) Cuddle time is more popular during really cold weather, and you know what that leads to right? Okay, not for me, because I am currently without a cuddle bud, but all that extra cuddling could be a real boon for the country -- more babies to fund that new health care plan! Now we can stop worrying about who is going to pay for it. WHOOOOOOO HOOOO!
3) Our extended freeze will hopefully kill lots of mosquitoes and fleas. Less chance of catching Malaria, West Nile virus, Dengue Fever, Septicemia and Bubonic plague is always high on my list of things to celebrate. If you aren't sick with Dengue, you can happily shake what the good Lord gave ya while dancing the Merengue!
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well done in finding the positive in that. Where I grew up it would get done to -50 with the windchill, I never saw a positive to it though
ReplyDeleteIf it EVER reached below the teens here, we would be in shock. If it reached -50, we would likely be dead because we would not know how to survive.
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