It’s not that I don’t like
cold weather. You know I love cold weather.You won’t hear me pining for
the summer and 80 degree days.I love coats and sweaters and
hats and mittens.I like wearing boots every
day, even if it does mean wearing socks, which I don’t really like.I like winter food too…soups
and stews and pot pie and shepherd’s pie.But, the thing is: it’s been
weeks and weeks that I wake up and put on tights and an undershirt and a
sweater and a big scarf and something warm for my feet and head. Weeks and
weeks. I’ve distilled my wardrobe down to about seven outfits because I can
walk to work in them without freezing and then remove a top layer at the
office.I haven’t seen a ballet flat
or oxford in months. It’s like dressing
for battle --- and I suppose that’s exactly what it is.The evenings are getting
lighter though. It’s not so dark when my train comes up out of the tunnel and
it seems like that may be the end of the snow (there’s still a good six inches
of snow near my house and the driveway is still ice).Youngest has a class, three
days a week this semester, that gets out at 9:00pm. He’s good and catches the
9:19 but K and I have to trade off suiting up and going to get him from the
station at 10:00. There have been nights when I leave a full layer on after I
get home and crawl into bed with leggings and socks. There are nights when it
is 9º.I've bought a couple of things
to bring to London from Madewell and H&M. My version of high/low. I’m bigger around the middle than I used to be
and am not digging through things to see what doesn’t fit before I go away.And! I changed out the
elastic in my amazing Vestaire skirt from Quotidienne. The waistband was
pinching me terribly and I was in agony at the end of the day. When I took the
original elastic out I was shocked at how tiny it was – no more than eight
inches long! Aren’t you so proud of me? I hemmed a skirt too.Oldest did two gigantic
tattoos this week. It fascinates me. A macaw? Really? The length of your arm?
And a rose as big as your head. He sketches first and works from transfer
paper, so both clients approved the drawings before he inked them. I mention this
because I would freak out if someone tattooed a giant bird on me and I’m his
mother so I worry. I also worry because he dropped his gun and stuck himself in
the hand trying to catch it. He followed all the procedures for when that
happens but will have to have blood tests. The needle went through his glove
and I could tell that he was concerned but not getting crazy and for that I was
thankful.After writing about being a
happy person the other day, someone wrote to me and said something like: so,
you always look at the bright side? And I realized that that is not true at
all. I am a happy pessimist. I do not think the glass is half full. But shit
happens. It does and this is what we have and I am happy. Someone else hinted
that I was tempting fate, so I’ll shut up now.
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I try really hard NOT to bitch about how cold it's been/is because I know I'll bitch about the heat come summer. I'm much more of a winter person. And yes, I'll admit I have thrown snowballs at complete strangers...
In my opinion the glass isn't half empty or half full, it's just twice as big as it needs to be.
Ouch to Oldest and please get tested asap.
Also, I am the queen Mother of pessimism so my glass is broken.
I confess, hearing you east coast folks start to change your tune about cold weather does make me chuckle...you're getting a taste of our kind of winter and now appreciate how battle weary we become by February. Everything we do, every time we leave the house is a major undertaking. Winter is such a tiring season, my whole life I've scoffed at those who love sweaters and scarves and soup. That's half my year, it has no romance for me!
Winter in the Pacific Northwest is so different from the Midwest (where I grew up) it's hard to compare the two. I don't mind the winters here in Portland—they are mild, but very long.