Now, for all of you who live above/withing 200 miles of the Mason Dixon Line, you may not understand this, but trust me, it's the truth.
I am a Florida girl.
It's true.
And it is most apparent in winter, because I just don't know how to cope.
Today, it was 17 degrees when I went to my car. 17!! I could almost double that number and it would STILL be at freezing.
I said ALMOST people. sheesh. I know it's 32 degrees for freezing.
I just really don't know how to deal with cold.
For example, when we were in NC a couple of weeks ago, my friend Courtney and I went for a drive, and by my feet was this contraption. The conversation in my head was as follows:
"Oh what's that?"
"Hmm, it's got a blade!!!"
"Oh, that's good. Courtney has a weapon to defend herself."
"But...a very strange weapon. WHat is it? Not a chinese star, not brass knuckles."
"maybe it's NOT a weapon. Then...um... what is it?"
After about 20 minutes in the car, it dawned on me that it was an ice scraper.
They have tools to scrape away ice.
So weird.
I just take a bottle of water and pour it over my windshield.
Then again, that doesn't really work when it's below freezing, as I found out this past week. Because then the water freezes in a thick sheet on your windshield.
Are you as astonished as I was? Because seriously. I was SHOCKED. Water freezing right before my very eyes.
Today, I wouldn't let my kids go to the library, because it was still in the 20's. On the board, I wrote "No library. Too cold."
They thought that was a crock.
They didn't think it was a crock when they stepped outside for lunch without their jackets.
They ran back in and got their jackets. And hats. And gloves. And scarves. And one kid had a blanket around him.
Plus. 6 of my kids are absent today due to the cold.
They should have just cancelled school.
*Sigh*
I think I might die whenever I move "north."
I'm with you, Brit! I'm a Florida native, too! A rare breed...this cold is not a novelty to us...this freaks us out! First of all, we don't have the wardrobe to handle it! I hate having to "warm up the car"...Seriously?...warm it? Chiseling ice off of the windshield...not fun and it makes your gloves wet. I did find the video on Heather's blog a stitch! That would be me in snow...just clueless!
ReplyDeleteif it makes you feel any better...I am still a FL girl living here in NC. I do not own an Ice Scraper! I could really use one, but I also don't own really heavy coats like I should too. I am just still living like I did in FL and then yell at the windshield for not thawing out the ice fast enough.
ReplyDeleteI don't like the cold either!
ReplyDeleteJust stumbled across your blog...its super cute!
Funny story about the ice scraper and kids :) Cold weather in Florida might actually be worth enduring if we had snow as a reward - something to play outside in and something pretty to look at (but only for a day or two, of course!) :)
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