Finding happiness in 6 degree weather

[suzanne sanders]

Well, these last few days of cold are really pulling on me. The last couple of nights have been the worst. It just keeps getting colder. I think for sleeping it was about 16 degrees. Last night I was having one of my cold attacks which was the worst time to hit. What that is, is your body feels warm but your insides are chilled and no matter what you do you don't feel warm. So this morning when I woke up (I say woke up but I am not sure I even slept, Joseph said I did, I joked it was in 30 second intervals), I went out side to brave the 6 degree elements, to rescue any freezing farm animals as it turns out they were all ok. I did add a heat lamp for those who were breaking down like me. Everything you did this morning hurt your fingers within seconds and my nose hairs were frozen. We had to keep redoing the animal waters in the creek because they would freeze up. As I was driving into town I had thoughts of taking a long drive ( like to some warm state), blasting the heater the whole way. But then as I arrived into town I notice the guys camp that has been over by Lowes for the last week. I thought about how he was doing and hopefully he was ok. I at least I had a wood stove I could lean against to stay warm. So tonight I will do my best to find my warrior within to get through this cold spell.
Of course it is up the Mountain day in the morning it will be a slow pace with this cold spell.