This year is my very first winter ever spent outside of the midwest.
Nowadays I’m living in a very different climate than before, and I have to say, I’m not mourning the absence of a real winter.
I really cannot believe that we won’t be experiencing frigid temperatures every day, feet of snowfall, and subzero windchill. It’s going to seem so easy compared to what I was used to, and I couldn’t be more excited for this easy holiday season. The only problem is, I still have to go up north to spend Christmas with my family. That means I’m still going to be exposed to the brutal temperatures and conditions they experience during every single winter. We will have to leave this nice warm air temperature and sunny conditions, packing all of our extreme weather gear in preparation for the winter tundra that awaits us. There’s no way to avoid wearing heavy coats, scarves, socks, and gloves to shield yourself from the ungodly cold. Even when you’re indoors with the furnace blasting, you can count on innumerable cold drafts of air to circulate all around you. You have to wear several layers of sweaters, socks, and long underwear to supplement the central heating. What’s more, the heater smells and severely dries out the air, leading to rather unpleasantly stuffy air conditions for the duration of the chilly season. Even after twenty something years of dealing with this miserable cold weather, I know I’m going to be absolutely shocked this year when we arrive in the arctic conditions.