We’ve been having some really cold weather here in Georgia. Considering that anything below 50 degrees constitutes earmuffs, scarves, and wool hats, these mind numbing days in the teens are enough to freeze the heartiest of souls.
After a couple of days staying indoors it became obvious that the natives were becoming restless. They wanted to go outside. In their pajamas.
A brief discussion followed about dressing in cold weather. They ran upstairs and quickly got dressed with long pants, sweaters, socks (YES you HAVE to wear SOCKS), shoes and winter coats. I was in charge of finding the scarves, hats and gloves.
In our house, scarves, hats and gloves are used mainly for playing dress up and not so much for warming purposes. Now where had I seen them last??? I know they are around here somewhere!
I searched and searched and finally found 1 scarf, 1 pair of gloves and 2 hats. Good enough I suppose.
They ran outside, bundled up, talking about all the things they planned to do. Almost a full two minutes later, they were back inside. “Mom! Do you know how cold it is out there? It’s FREEZING!”
I’d call them a couple of wimps but the truth is, after nearly 20 years in the south, I’m just as wimpy! Now, just how long is it until Spring anyways???
