I didn’t see the news at all this morning, so I left the house with no concept of what the temperature was. It’s been really cold for three days, and as a Minnesotan who likes to think he’s in tune with the rhythms of nature, I kind of expected it to be a little warmer out.
It was not. It was cold. I coughed stepping out the door. My car started only with protest. The walk in from the parking lot was really cold, the pants I’m wearing today are thin. But still, after a good cold stretch, you just start to assume it’s warming up. It has to, right? So I tried to guess the temperature and figured it was maybe 0° or possibly all the way down to -5°. Finally checked the temp on startribune.com… It’s -11° right now.
Dear Lord. The funny thing is how I reacted. I assumed it had to be warming up. I stepped outside and found it quite cold. Still, with my warming-up mentality, I guessed that it was 10 degrees warmer than it actually was.
Attitude. It’s all about attitude.
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