To all my friends and family in North Dakota and Minnesota, where people know what cold is, I apologize. I have let you down. I have turned over to the Dark Side. I have become one of THEM.
Yes, in those cold climes we have a saying, "The cold keeps the riffraff out." Now WHO, exactly, is the riffraff? I am not sure, never have been, but by golly, we do NOT want them in North Dakota or Minnesota. We are proud of our cold -- proud of the hearty, hardy people we are. Cold? Naw, it ain't cold right now! Forty degrees in February? That isn't COLD, people, that is a HEAT wave. We wear T-shirts on a 40 degree F day in February. That's cause for celebration.
But I am a Californian now. Well, I still tell people here I'm from "back East." (FYI: to a Californian, Nevada, that den of iniquity in the "wild, wild West," is "back East." How's that for perspective?)
I digress. I have lived in California for seventeen months now. And I am a wuss.
Certifiable.
Pathetic.
Yes, you heard it here first -- Jennifer is not going to survive a winter in Minnesota. She will freeze to death long before the thermometer dips below the magic 32F mark.
It is 54 degrees. It is cloudy and damp and depressing. And I am so cold I think my fingers are going to freeze solid and then tinkle delicately as they land on my keyboard. Or maybe they'll thud indelicately. I don't know, but the point is, people, I am COLD. And I'm thinkin' I need to find out exactly what will get me classified as Riffraff. A label like that could go a long way in keepin' me warm.
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Oh, you will be fine. I think the Bay Area is always cold and I live in Indiana and while we aren't as hearty as you folks--it gets f'ing cold here too.
ReplyDeleteHey, it's been in the 30s here...we're having a mild one so far. It's possible you are already riffraff - did you consider that?
ReplyDeleteHey Girl of Mine - you come from hearty stock and I know, as your mother, that you can DO ANYTHING and that includes wintering back here in the Land of Four Seasons. Besides, you need to be closer so I can see you and the grandsons a bit more often! Love You! Mom
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