I am really damn cold

    
Posted Friday, 12/1/2006 at 12:45 am by Josh

Its official;  I have been ruined by Texas.

The temperature has dropped from about 80 degrees (that’s Fahrenheit, you silly Europeans) yesterday to a mere 30 degrees today for no apparent reason.  I am now finding it impossible to achieve a comfortable degree of warmth, no matter how many layers of clothing I put on.  What really irks me about the current situation is that growing up back in Spokane, Washington, I used to bust out the short-sleeve shirts when May rolled around and the temperature hit 40 degrees.  In fact, I believe it’s a few degrees above absolute zero up there right now. 

When I first moved here, I used to laugh at the local Texans as they turned blue and loudly bemoaned temperatures below 80.  Now I find myself huddled in a wretched, shivering ball, wearing two sweatshirts (A&M “sweat” shirts are apparently made out of willowy, silk-thin fabric specially designed to retain zero warmth), a coat, fuzzy slippers, and wool stocking cap.  My thermostat tells me its 70 degrees in here, but I’m convinced that it’s a dirty liar.