I always say that I'm admitting that winter is coming when I turn my heat on. This year I caved like a day or two before Halloween. It was cold and my house wasn't getting above 60 on its own, so that's when I gave in.
Truthfully, though, the true measure of defeat is when I finally put all of my agility equipment away. I put the majority of my equipment into the garage about two weeks ago. I left the dog walk outside, though, hoping that we would get a chance to train a couple more times (more for Kizzy's benefit than anything else). Then it snowed. And snowed some more. And was really freaking cold.
I let it sit, hoping that maybe Mother Nature would smile on us and melt it off. This weekend we finally had a turn in the weather (by "turn" I actually mean "the stupid temperatures finally came back up to average"). By today the snow was gone from the yard and the dog walk -- So, following a trip to La Crosse because I had to run puppy playtime at Petco, then a 4-mile hike in West Salem on the way home, I squeezed in one final training session before putting the dog walk away for the year. Sigh. Such a sad time. Oh well, training went well!
Now I'll sit inside the rest of the winter and continue to apply new Jamberry nail wraps. ;o) I should have enough to get me through this dreary, miserable season. You have to find a bright spot, right?
Cold weather is supposed to hit us again this week -- I'm just hoping that we can avoid ice. I hate ice. I can deal with snow if I must, but ice just sucks.
Move south.
ReplyDeleteSome day, some day.... I know I couldn't do "South-South" like Florida, Louisiana, Texas, or Arizona. But "Middle-South" -- like Kentucky, Kansas, Oklahoma, etc..... Or coastal like the Carolinas. Just anywhere that doesn't get snow -- or if they do, it's gone in a day. Yes, one day I will find a way out of here.
DeleteWe don't get a ton of snow here. More than I would like, but manageable.
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