This is my seventh day of staying home without leaving the property. Not sure I will get out tomorrow. I have a meeting to go to at 6:00 Monday night but not sure if I will go. I have to park in the barn and coming up the icy, snow packed driveway after dark doesn’t sound very safe to me. We shall see what happens.
It was easier doing the chicken chores today as the wind wasn’t blowing near as hard as it has been. My Tempest weather station is showing that it is -6 outside right now. It was -11 this morning. Without the wind, it doesn’t feel that cold. The girls gave me 12 eggs today for my troubles. They seem to be managing this cold spell OK. I don’t see any danger signs on them yet.
I walked down the short cut way which was a mistake. The snowdrifts that way are to frozen over so much and I kept sinking down. I never went further down than my tall boots but it was work walking through it. I came back up using the driveway and that way I don’t sink down through the drifts. It gets my heart rate up either way. I consider it my exercise for the day.
I made a pot of white chicken chili this morning. I baked a corn bread to go with it. We have been eating on it all afternoon. Hot soup on a very cold day feels good for the soul.
The house is staying at the set temperature of 71 in the living room but my bedroom is down to 64. Kathy said downstairs is down to 65. The furnace and fireplace run all the time. We are to get a bit of a break on Wednesday when this bitter cold moves out. The high for Wednesday is to be 28. That will feel like a heat wave.
I got up this morning to watch the sunrise but there were enough clouds that I didn’t see any sun dogs. The sky was a beautiful pink color when I first got up but by the time I went to the bathroom and put on my glasses the pink color was gone and it was gray. Maybe the sun set tonight won’t disappoint.
We didn’t get any more snow today and am hoping we won’t get any more tomorrow. I was very grateful the winds have stayed calmer today. The sound of the wind was wearing out my last nerve.
Sophia spent most of the evening in the house last night. She wanted out when I went to bed and she didn’t want to come back in. When I checked on her this morning she came right in and stayed for a couple of hours. I dragged Roxy in mid day and she took a nap and then wanted back out. They are out romping in the snow now. I’ll see if I can talk them into coming back in tonight.
Haven’t gotten much done today. I did take a good nap this afternoon. I wanted to go back to bed this morning but couldn’t fall back asleep. Haven’t felt too motivated to get anything done. I don’t have anything urgent to do so that makes it easier to not do anything. I have some housework that needs done but no one is coming over and it seems to be able to wait patiently for me to get to it.
We watched the football game last night. The Chiefs played better than they have for a while but still didn’t make some easy plays. As cold as it was, I’m surprised they were able to throw the ball at all. There is always that crazy fan that takes their shirt off and we saw that last night. Hope when they sobered up this morning they didn’t discover frost bite. Saw pictures of drinks freezing in the cup holders by the seats. Talk about cold beer – I bet they had it there last night.
It will be interesting to see how I handle getting back out in the public whenever I make that happen this week. After this extended time home I wonder if I can handle it. This stretch has reminded me of the early Covid days when I only would get out of the house once a week or so. Good thing I am an introvert and like staying home.
Grateful for this time home for this extended stay, grateful the wind calmed down today, and grateful for Sunday afternoon naps.