We made no attempt to get out on the roads today. The streets in our neighborhood just looked like big blocks of ice. At some point this morning I started my car to warm up the engine, but never left the driveway. Did it get this cold last year? I can't even remember. I know we have had a lot more snow and ice in the past, but it seems like it's been a while.
I have even more junk in my office than I thought. The headphones that Janet uses to watch movies on her iPad broke and she asked me where the ones she used to take on trips were. I had no idea what she was talking about. She insisted that there were a pair of earphones she used to use and that I would always tell her not to break them. I started looking and turned up five pairs of headphones, including one very professional pair that looked like it belonged in a recording studio. I hadn't used any of these things in years. It's been a long time since music was a part of my life. Janet eventually found the headphones she was looking for herself. They were quite nice and I have no recollection of ever buying or using them. In the process of looking for the headphones, I found a lot of things with batteries that needed to be recharged and a fair amount of stuff I never knew I owned. Sometimes I think the office isn't very different from the storage warehouse. Both are just time machines housing relics of a former life.
Janet and I are both active people, so eventually we started getting cabin fever just sitting around the house. We dressed warmly and decided to take a walk through the neighborhood. We avoided any areas with steep hills since the ground was so slick, but we were able to walk several miles. I'm glad I bought the Hoka boots a while ago. The boots provided good traction, were waterproof, and very warm. I remember that it was quite an effort to find these boots. How long ago was that? At any rate, the walk wasn't as difficult as I anticipated. We tried to stick to the grass on the side of the roads because the roads themselves were pretty icy. I still haven't got my 10,000 steps for the day, but I think I'll make it. According to my Fitbit I have only 200 steps to go.
I got a weird phone message today. The guy told me his name and said he was from Turkey where he had sold me a carpet "some long time ago." Janet and I actually did buy a carpet in Turkey ages ago when we traveled a lot. How could this guy have saved my name and number for all this time? How could my phone number even still be the same? At any rate, the guy had moved to Texas and wanted to sell me another carpet. Sorry. The rug we bought was very nice and to this day remains the only perfectly square Turkish carpet I have ever seen. It looks nice in our living room. We don't need any more rugs though. I'll have to give the guy kuddos for his initiative. If I saved the number of every person I have ever run into in my life, it might be easier to find a carpenter, or even some new website business for my company.
I think there is more freezing rain on the way. The forecast doesn't look good for the next several days. The roof hasn't leaked yet, but that probably only because everything is frozen. I'm definitely ready for Spring. I can't handle cold weather anymore. It's kind of amazing that I went to high school in Alaska and spent my first working years in Idaho. Not my cup of tea anymore. I've definitely become a Southern boy.
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