Monday, January 15, 2007

bitter colds

It's cold up here in the Pacific Northwest. Normally, I could care less; I've got the clothes to deal with it. (Although I am *still* lacking a proper hat.)

But I also have a cold of my own, and that is making me feel miserable. I have to hoof it around the neighborhood twice a day or more with the pup, and I am quickly turning into a dehydrated, wind-chapped bag of leather. The dry 30-degree highs are bugging the tar out of my tender, congested, slightly asthmatic lungs, and my nose alternates between totally clogged and hideously runny.

What happened to my fair, temperate Oregonian winter? Why not rainy and 40 degrees?

I'm not asking for all that much, Mother Nature. Just a break, please.

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