Cold

It's cold. Yes, everyone knows it. It's Minnesota in January; what do you expect? Midwesterners love to talk about the weather in its glory and its...guts? You know, when it's cold out, just like guts? Anyhoo, yes, we talk about the weather. But, aside from Chicago, cities in the Midwest are car cities. Everyone drives. Very few people are outside waiting for trains or buses. So, while today was like -20 or something (to tell you the truth, I haven't really been following the actual temperatures), I spent a grand total of probably 10 minutes outside the entire day. And, at least 5 of those minutes were walking to and from a bar...so, not really required outdoor time. The point is, what's the big deal? It's just a few days of really cold days--you warm your car up for a few minutes more before driving; you turn the thermostat up a couple degrees; you eat soup for dinner. By Monday it will be above freezing, they say. And the beat goes on.