My friend Mindy came over the other night. She had to hurry inside because it was "so freezing" outside. We figured it was about 15 degrees. We talked about how cold it was back in Minnesota and Wisconsin. "Why do we miss those places?" Mindy asked.
Yesterday morning, a few girls in my first period were complaining about how cold it was outside and how cold my room was. It was around 10 degrees outside, and it takes a few bodies to warm up an old classroom, so, yes, it was cold. I told them how cold it was in Minnesota. "Why do you want to move back there?" they asked.
Then, yesterday afternoon, my friend Jessica (also an escapee from the bitter Minnesota winters) sent me this video:
21 below? Really? That's the air temperature! This dude isn't even wearing a hat! Although hammering with produce and calling it a "bammer" may have been a questionable choice for national television, this dude is proud of how cold his home state is. He's embracing the cold and, by God, it's embracing him.
This last week, Anna wrote about how cold it is, too. In Minnesota, life doesn't stop because it's cold. Minnesotans don't make a run on milk and bread when there are snow flurries in the sky. They're tough people who not only get out of bed when it's colder than the Arctic, but also find clever ways to multitask with fruit and get their butts to the gym.
Mindy, this is why we miss that place.
Kids, this is why I want to move back there.
6 comments:
My cousins haven't been in school for the past two days. That's the REAL reason you want to move back. ;) LOL!
Humph. This is the reason why I want to move OUT of Minnesota.
Suffocating and crushing lungs: we're not talking about a traffic accident, we're talking Minnesota in January.
Now Rachie, just picture me outside with Stella, the air crushing my lungs while I'm trying to figure out how to throw that damn Lunker toy.
There really is something about living among people who are proud of the fact that they can endure that kind of weather. Minnesotans don't grumble (too much); they suck it up and go about their lives. I miss that kind of mentality.
And thank you, Anna, for planting that image in my mind. It got me through my 7-hour class today. :)
Thanks for taking a look at my piece in The Post. Your blogpost about the cold in Minnesota inspired me to write about my first winter in Milwaukee. I'd never seen so much snow!
It was -25 when I woke up in the morning, and still made it to school, with over an hour drive, with ice on the roads, with heavy winds!! You Easterners....whimps!!
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