polar vortex

 It's about 3°F. -17 just looks colder this way.

Polar Vortex. A fancy schmancy way of saying it's really cold out. I think it's really funny how suddenly weather people get their panties in a gather about this stuff. Every storm now has a name. Every weather event suddenly has a title.

Apparently the last one was in 94. I remember it well. I was camping with the Girl Scouts at Mosey Wood. Real temperature -8F.  We had the Blueberry Hill cabin but most of the girls chose to sleep outside, in the cold. We used latrines too. No indoor potties. And we had to walk to get to them.

Bonnie and I planned to walk this morning. With the snow on the ground, we planned on taking our Iditawalk picture. But she called this morning and bagged out. So I'm left to my own devices.

I'm at school right now, so I've decided instead of risking frost bite, I'd walk the college center. It's four floors. I'll take a spin around each floor, then walk up the steps and do the next floor. Repeat until I get to the library and then come back down. I think it might be a 30 minute workout.

Gotta burn off those holiday calories.