Living with the wind

This morning, lying in bed mostly awake at 7:30, I had the overwhelming urge to go jogging. Really. And I then I got up and went. Half jogging, half walking, for a mile or two. It was windy, as usual, but at 31 degrees the air felt less like a slap in the face than it usually does. It was kind of enjoyable. Especially because now the wind is stronger and I feel perfectly justified to remain inside the rest of the day.

I'm still walking to work, even through 30-plus mph winds, below-freezing temperatures and snow drifts. I have a long list of people, including some businesses, who should be forced to shovel their walks. I have driven on a few of the worst days, like when the wind was howling around 50 mph. But mostly, my stubbornness (and the fact that it's less than a mile) forces me to walk.

Apparently I have a tendency to move with the weather. Last winter in Santa Fe was the snowiest in decades, probably. And this winter in Casper is one of the coldest, snowiest and windiest in several years. I guess I'll have to stay more than a year someplace to see if the pattern changes.

Also, I'm pretty sick of the nonstop pre-pre-pre-election coverage. As usual, I'm getting excited to do my taxes. Yes, I'm weird. I like filling out forms and balancing money-related things. Even paying bills. At least, the check-writing part of it, not the my-money-is-leaving-me part of it.

Comments

[Jimmy]

Uggh taxes! : ) I just got through paying old personal property taxes from where I lived over a year ago. I didn't even realized I owed anything until I tried to renew my car registration and found out there was a "tax-hold" preventing me from doing so. Now, about $800 later (not counting car insurance I just paid), I'm back, legally, on the road.

[Leah]

ugh. I totally forgot about the verification bit. okay, here's my comment:

-> sounds like my jogging program. yay! I'm doing the "couch to 5k" program (available for free online, so just google it). I really like it; I'm working my way up to running some 5ks this year.

-> In Michigan and Wisconsin, failure to shovel your sidewalk is a fineable offense. I wonder if the same is true in Wyoming?

[Wes]

Leah, all you get are odd looks from people for shoveling your sidewalk here in Wyoming. Looks like: What is that crazy person doing? Doesn't he know it'll melt in the spring? Shoveling snow, what is he, an anarchist?

There must be a city ordinance in Casper against shoveling snow or plowing the streets -- maybe to keep the tourists away. It's a test of your man or womanhood to walk or drive anywhere in the state during winter here. It's why everyone here drives crappy American trucks that weigh 10 tons and get 6 mpg so they're not sliding all over the place, although April's little Subaru does just fine.

[b]

Ok, your thingie on top-whatever it's called-is the Marcus Whitman.Your shadow looks like King Kong and the hotel looks so little. Freaky. We bought a house today. Our only bill to the city will be $5.15. Whoopee! mom