January 2006 Archives

The other night, I was walking around the house wearing three layers of shirts, a parka, two pairs of pants, a pair of snow boots, a scarf, and a toque. It was about 60F out that night, so I was rather toasty under all that clothes. The snow boots arrived last week, and the parka arrived a few days ago, all in preparation for my next trip to Saskatchewan, in about two weeks.

I'm... excited and terrified, really. It doesn't help that half the people who hear about my trip exclaim in dismay, "You're going to Canada? In February?"

And yes, I am going to Canada in February. I imagine it'll be in the 70s in Texas when I leave, and considerably colder when I arrive in Saskatoon. I've been assured that my fingers and toes will not separate themselves from my hands and feet, that the blast of sheer cold won't cause a massive heart attack, and that I will not freeze into a Rachel-sicle. Actually, I haven't been assured of that last bit, but I'm still hopeful.

It's been a mild winter this year, which is a relief on some levels, but I would like some snow to play in and some frost to photograph. I don't think that's so much to ask.

In other news, ice skating was much easier when I was shorter and not so afraid of falling.

That is all.

...which is what I've been doing instead of updating, I suppose.

Scott arrived in Austin late on Christmas night for his third trip to Texas in the last eight months or so. We spent six days in Corpus Christi, hanging out with my family and seeing what there is to see in my hometown, then returned to Austin to spend the last four or five days. It was a good combination of revisiting the things we had enjoyed on his last trip to Austin in April and trying out new things, like ice skating and Indian food.

It turns out that ice skating is much harder when you're 29 and afraid of falling than when you're 10 or 11 and closer to the ground. It also turns out that Indian food is quite yummy, but not yummy enough to distract me from gazing admiringly at my new ring.