it's time to hibernate

I guess it’s really time to settle in for the winter.  After several days of negative temps here in the tundra land of Minnesota, I’ve decided I need to hunker down and accept it.  It’s just cold right?  It will go away, it will get warmer again.  Put on extra layers and deal.  I was talking with a friend the other day, and she said that it was chilly where she was (St. Louis) at a whopping 13 degrees.  I told her to realize what she just said.  Chilly?  Our warped minds in Minnesota think 13 degrees is just chilly.  I guess it HAS to be below zero before we really think it’s cold now.  I can deal with it, I really can.  I have now for going on 7 years.  

The reason I can deal?  Because this is the year that will bring me my Ethiopian face.  The endurance required to make it through these cold temps will have a huge pay off come spring.  I will hopefully be able to fly from these sad, bitter temperatures to a land where there is arid desert, beautiful water falls, mountainous terrain, and a little face waiting there for me and my beloved to bring them home.