Deep Freeze

Holy shit, it's cold!
I think I must be on an episode of "Ice Road Truckers" or something. Temp today in Chicago is supposed to be at -2 for a high, not to mention the wind chill. I know, I know, other places are going to be even colder but damn! Anyway, visions of Florida, California, the Carribean, etc. are flowing through my mind lately. My dad, who lives in central Florida, told me "yeah, it's going to cool down here, gonna get down to the upper 60's" He's always rubbing that stuff in my face, except in summer, when he & the old lady get outta there and come up here because of the heat. Kinda like "reverse snowbirds."
I uaed to make fun of those people, usually older folks, than went & hid "down south" for the winter. But now, I wish I were one of them. A gal I chat online with is moving to Clearwater, and she said "You should get a route down here..." If only. Actually, we do have a distribution center in Orlando - at least one of our drivers transferred down there- but I dunno. You have to take the bad with the good; hurricanes scare the crap outta me!
So, I bought this face/ski-type mask, where only your eyes & mouth are exposed; seems to work pretty well, in fact, too well. The two times I've used it already, my head became all hot & sweaty! I know I rhymed there, unintentional. But tough times call for tough measures, as they say, or something like that. It's a good thing to have on hand, rather than expose onesself to frostbite, which, I hear, can occur after only 10 minutes in these conditions. That's why I
enjoy watching "Ice Road Truckers," to see the techniques they use, not only for self-preservation, but also on their machines.

Only two months till spring - I hope that groundhog sees his friggin' shadow.

More soon,

Steve