Wednesday, January 31, 2007

It's C-C-COLD!!!!!!

Well, it's the start of another day, and I am unfit for human eyes. I was in bed by 11 last night, after my practice, but as I had mentioned, had to be up for 3AM. Managed to do that, with only a minimum of spatula use (you know....scrape yourself out of bed...?), and drove myself to the start of the first route.
Armed with 2 carrier bags filled with papers, and a huge armful, a list, and several layers of clothing, I set off. Last night brought blowing winds, snow, and slick roads, so the going was slow, slower with the pack mule look I was sporting....if I were to fall, I'd never make it back up again. For anyone who doesn't know....I HATE COLD WEATHER....and ice. I get cold and it takes forever to warm up, and ice, well, ice has it in for me. I just LOOK at ice, and it's got me flat on my face. In any case, I survived with little more than frozen face and really sore back.
On to the second one. This one I hated with a passion. The only thing worse than a cold, spread out route like the first one, is one that has 58 papers covering 26 apartment BUILDINGS, all with 3 or 4 floors, no elevator, and more often than not requiring ONE paper be delivered to the 4th floor....and nothing else. The good side is that it gives me a good old stairstepper workout. The bad part is that I get all hot and sweaty trudging up and down those stairs, then step out the door into the cold and wind just long enough to FREEZE said sweat, then into the next one, melt, sweat, out, freeze....you get the idea. It is now 6:56AM, and I sit here freezing cold, sore back, soggy with sweat, and exhausted. The upside is that my hair is all curly from all the sweat in my toque. It looks nice.
Now I just wait for the rest of the family to wake up before I start the rest of the day...I will relax until about 9, then clean for 4 hours, get my daughter off to school, cook meals, take daughter to Sparks, etc.....and not all in that order. Should be a fun day. Now I go off to rehydrate....shouldn't be too hard to get my 8 cups of water in today.

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