ice burns, too

I've been getting ready for Winter Storm Fern today.

What a silly name for hell.

However, hell it surely will be if it ventures down to Latitude 32 North.

I've been looking for a decent forecast of it, like NOAA has for hurricanes.

None were to found, at least not with the details I wanted.

At least I have the WSAV weather song to hum a few bars for me.

That's changed from just Monday, when today was to be 65/44.

That most positive change was welcomed with shorts, a t-shirt, and sandals.

However, the new forecast for Saturday is to be TEN DEGREES COLDER than was the case on Monday. 

That's all being attributed to Fern, a plant associated with tropical temperatures, not wintry blasts of hell. 

In any case, the timing is horrid: Dawn's annual soup party has been scheduled for January 24th for well over a month.

Me and my warm heart are still hopeful for a change in the weather.

That's why I started my day with $5 sushi, bought yesterday at Publix.

That's also to celebrate the forecast of a high of 71, which allowed me to open the windows and let all that heat in!

That's the warmest the house has been for days.

Then I got dressed in springtime attire and went to the laundry. 

I wanted to take full advantage of this warm day to wash all my long pants, as well as my Cracker Barrel poncho-jacket and my bathrobe.

It was really strange to not have any socks in the wash.

After all, it has certainly been sock-wearing weather... but I've abstained, as I can only wear the left sock right now.

I sure will be glad when this inguinal hernia gets repaired.

Oh, and I found out from a qi-yong show that "inguinal" simply refers to the "crease between the leg and the groin".

What an odd way to learn a physiology term!

Now, I think I'll settle in to watch a reward from Comcast.

I had other options for entertainment tonight, but I simply chose to stay in.

It would have meant changing clothes, and I just didn't want to.

Mel Gibson and Danny Glover won't mind that at all...

and it's been a while since I saw "Lethal Weapon"...

so their company is just perfect.

We can all pretend we're still in our thirties.

(smile!) 

Thanks, Comcast.