Thursday, October 15, 2009

Is it cold in here or is it just me?

Okay, I knew that an East Coast winter was going to be hard for me and Kamron since we are from Cali (where 'winter' means sweat jackets) and have been living in the Caribbean for three years, but really? I mean, why is it already SNOWING in some parts of NJ and we are still in October? Is this normal?

In California it gets into the lower to mid forties at the end of November/December not October. Heck, I remember wearing shorts until Halloween back west. Now I am miserably huddled on the couch trying to stay warm! Much to my dismay, our heater hasnt been working properly. We live in an apartment building where heat is included in the rent. Unfortunately this also translates into: the heat only gets turned on when the building deems its necessary. This in turn is very bad news for me. So I called the office to inquire about this and was promptly instructed by the Yugoslavian maitenance man to fiddle with the nobs some to get it to work. Lo and behold nothing happened and it is still about 60 degrees in here.

I have come to the realization that sweatjackets, thin bedspreads and mediocre jackets just arent going to cut it out here. I better start stockpiling scarves, gloves, hats, long johns and more thick sweaters if I am to survive.

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