i told Bubba while ago that in was going to the store, and ask if he needed anything, so he would not have to go himself. even though, i have already experienced this crazy wind today wreaking havoc outside of the house. the wind has nearly cleaned out all the leaves that have been hanging on for dear life this year. it has been blowing ever object that's not nailed down violently crossed the yard. the pastor that i tune in to see on the internet on Sunday morning claimed that it snowed on the west side of Jax early this morning, and it's been misting on, and off the entire morning.
even my retarded cat has enough sense no to go out of the house for long today. you would think with all this going on that i would have made some tea, instead of going out to get a coke today. actually,........my retarded cat was the main reason that i adventured out today. she needed some more food, and i couldn't let her go hungry. anybody that has pets knows that they generally eat before we do. it just a simple law of caring for a critter.
anyway i thought that i would just hope on the bus, but it was late coming as it usually is. i had to brace the wind for a few minutes while i waited. it only runs every two hours on Sunday, so you would think that they could be on time, but it seldom works that way. little did i realize that where i was waiting was kinda wind protected. i realized quickly once i got off the bus, and started walking to the store. i only had a half a mile to walk, but the wind was so fierce that it was about to blow my skull cap off my head!!
i lolly-gagged around in the store looking at all kinds of things that i didn't need, nor could i afford to buy, just to avoid the wind. i knew that i was going to cut it close, but i didn't start back until five minutes before the bus supposed to arrive once again.
naturally, the bus came ten minutes late, and i was forced to brave the bitter winds once again. as i was standing there shaking in the cold i kept telling myself that it takes longer than i would have to wait to freeze slap to death, and sure enough the bus came as i broke the last ice sickle that was hanging from my nose!!
y'all know that it really wasn't all that bad, but I've become a wimp in the cold since I've moved to Florida. maybe it's just the fact that I'm older now........who knows? there has got to be a reason that my body is tan down to the bone, and it's not got anything to do with the cold times of the year.
just to let y'all know that I'm not just some big baby crying the blues i came home, and checked the weather. it is 38 degrees, with the wind chill setting at 28. the winds are blowing a smooth 21 M.P.H., with gust up to 30. if i was living in the Dakota's somewhere i would probably feel like this is a nice spring time day, but I'm not. i live in the sunshine state, and that's what I'm used to, and plenty of it!!
the sad part is that most of us that live here don't really have the right clothes to keep us warm, because this is a freak of a day to begin with. i was wearing long pants, two shirts, two jackets, and my skull cap, and i was still about to freeze. i pity those fools that wear shorts all year down here. yep,..............that's right,..........some of these folks wear short pants all year long,.............and i actually seen some of them at the store today. you can bet your sweet petunia that they wasn't waiting on the bus today dressed that way!! riding the bus will break you in a heart-beat from all that foolishness.
the bad thing is that i stared writing this blog yesterday, and got distracted, and never finished. the good thing is that I'm fixing to post it, so all my readers can know what a big cry baby that i am really!! i have no shame!!
.................much love
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