This is what I do now: I try to feel warmer by comparing our forecast to the midwest’s.

For example, right now our temp has risen to 24 from an overnight low of 18, will reach a high of 28 and low of 15.  Whereas Fairborn, Ohio, from which we escaped just in time, is -6 [minus 6], feels like -17 [minus 17] with winds up to 30mph, will reach a high of 2 whole degrees and a low of -4 [minus 4]!  That’s just wrong.

And that’s not as cold as some places in the upper midwest right now.  I mean you could step outside and literally be frozen solid in a matter of minutes!  So there’s that.  I feel warmer already.

Misu didn’t even think about going out this morning.  She barely made it out of her warm bed cranny, and after eating, made a beeline for her office blanket.  She’s no dummy.  Someone after my own heart.  Cold shmold.  Smart animals hibernate when hell freezes over.  Except for birds.  Birds are crazy.

And now back to not watching seeds germinate.  (A watched seed never germinates.)