This Weather Sucks!!!!

Okay... so as gung-ho as I was for a whole day about doing a blog... I actually forgot about it till a friend asked me something that I had posted on my one and only Post. I guess that places me in the You Suck As A Blogger category.

So, where are we today. Oh ya... still in a flippin deep freeze that just won't go away. It is wreaking havoc on all my outdoor activity plans... AND today I broke down and wore a toque to work. You know what that means... yep... Hat Head. Really sexy look that is :)

Anyways, back to cancelled outdoor activities. As a runner, I am used to running in all types of weather but this extended arctic stay is slowly breaking me down. On Saturday, ski lessons were cancelled due to the temp (second saturday in a row too) and Sunday, a scheduled hike (that I was looking forward to) was cancelled as well. With the cancellation of the sunday hike, I thought well that is fine.. i'll just go running with my group instead. A measly 14k won't be that bad.

Alarm goes off... I sit up and put my slippers on and slowly pad out to the living room to check the temp. I need to do this so I know how many layers I need to wear for my run. As i'm doing this i'm envisioning how pleasantly surprised my running group is going to be when they see i'm there to run with them. So flip to The Weather Channel, and watch and wait. When I saw the actual temp, -27 .... -3okazillion with windchill it took all of 2 seconds for me to turn off the tv and head back to my bedroom. As I slowly sank into my bed under my covers I had a moment when I thought I should feel guilty .... this brief moment of course passed very quickly.

Another thing i've noticed about the weather and when folks find out you are a runner is, first the incredulous look of... "well you don't actually run in the winter... do you?"

When I reply, "Why yes I do"

This is quickly followed by.."In this weather?!!!"

When I say yes we do, the look then moves to what I would like to think of as awe and inspiring but the reality is that it is more like an "are you eff-n nuts!" kind of look followed by "do you know how cold it is out there?" ... "don't your lungs freeze?". I reply with my standard responses to these q's and try to leave any evidence of a condesending tone out of my voice. I fail miserably at this. hmmfff... running newbies! :)

Now, getting back to this arctic weather system we have been experiencing for the past couple of weeks... as I said before ... it is slowly breaking me. I have absolutely no urge to run at all this week which I know I will regret cause of all the Christmas cheering I've been doing with friends this past week. I'm thinking sweats are going to be my best friend next week. :)

Oh well, Christmas is only a couple of days away now, and since I'm going to a Flames game for New Year's Eve this year I now don't have the added pressure of being able to fit into a little black dress for the evening.

My friend, who is from Italy and just returned to this lovely weather, said to me ... "But Marie, you're from Saskatchewan. You should be used to it".

She had me there.  Yes I am from Saskatchewan, and yes I have experienced this weather... lots!

But that doesn't mean I have to like it!