Colder Temps!

Now being from Phoenix, I have little experience with colder temperatures. I did spend a couple of years in Seattle, which helped me get used to a colder climate. At the time I lived in Seattle I often thought if I could live there and handle the icy rainy dark days I could live anywhere.

I must admit I expected Dallas weather to be slightly more comparable to Phoenix weather. In retrospect I'm glad it's not. However, the colder weather is taking some getting used to for me. Today I was determined to take the boys for their typical long walk to the park and back. I have avoided this long walk in recent weeks partly due to the colder weather. But as I already said...I was determined today. I decided I needed to just get out and start walking with the boys hoping that I would soon get used to the icy wind that was blowing at me. The first 10 minutes I was freezing. I reminded myself a couple times to not be a wimp and that this is Dallas cold not Chicago cold or Green Bay cold. I'm happy to report all three of us made it through the walk! I doubt the boys felt a sense of accomplishment but I definitely did! Thirty degree temperatures in the middle of the day do not exist where I come from!

Story to end with...I talked to my cousin Trevor last week. When I told him it snowed the other day he was in total disbelief. For some reason the perception of Dallas is that it's warmer than it truly is. I really had no clue Dallas ever got snow until I moved here either.