There is a new weather phenomenon, or at least a new term: polar vortex. Basically, the cold air from the north pole is getting brought down to the Midwest, which makes for some very cold temperatures. Today it was -2...and that felt warm to me. That's how cold it has been. It actually has helped my diet a little because I don't get drive thru food, my window is frozen shut. I could roll it down today, but you never want to chance it in these temperatures. The extreme cold to heat (indoors) has caused my skin to break out, which has prompted me to use acne crème for the first time since high school.
It has been a good time to stay indoors, which I have been doing. I've been watching more holiday movies and catching up on some tv shows, such as Family Guy and Sons of Anarchy, which I recently got into. I've also been able to brave the cold with family and friends, going out to brunch on Sunday with my parents, party because I had a groupon, but also because my dad's birthday was yesterday. I was also able to go out New Year's Eve with some friends to eat, and went to a makeup party on Monday night. I like being outdoors, but even I can't handle this. They actually closed the schools two days in advance and shut down a lot of major businesses for the day. The last time this happened was sometime in the mid 90's, which would have been around high school for me.
My mom has a blog site on here and she posted a lot of good ideas for keeping warm. I try to think of it as a day to enjoy things you can do indoors. During the summer people complain about not wanting to be indoors on such a nice day, why play video games and watch movies on such a nice day. Well, these are the days to completely immerse yourself in these kinds of activities. I still make time to go to the gym, I'm just really careful to not go outside afterwards without my layers on. I think that's how I got such dry skin last week.
What are some of your favorite indoor activities? I know I will be hitting up Netflix and playing some video games in the next couple weeks until the cold snap disappears. Until then, I leave you with a picture I took Monday morning, when the high temperature was -14.
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