Things That People Do

Back in August I pondered whether I was ready for fall. The pondering was a direct result of what I call “hot car”. I really dislike “hot car”.

This morning however, I realized that I dislike “cold car” so much more. Actually, dislike isn’t a strong enough word to share my sentiments. I hate cold car. Atleast with hot car, you can wait outside until the air conditioning kicks in. With cold car, you can’t even get into your car.  The worst is not being able to get into the car because your locks are frozen. You end up having to wait in the freezing cold trying different car lock ice-melting tactics. Then when you finally get the sucker open, you have to get into the equally as cold car, only to have cold air blast at your already frozen face because it takes longer than usual to get the heat going from the frozen engine.  Don’t even get me started on the days you also need to scrape your car. I would rather it just be covered in heaps of snow because that way I know I simply can’t go anywhere.

Needless to say, it was a rough start to Monday and I only just thawed out completely, an hour later. My thawing recipe is as follows:

1. Blast the heat. I know…very anti-environment of me, but seriously, get off my back for five minutes….already miffed that it’s monday and I’m frozen. Read the rest of this entry »