I'll Send Those Christmas Cards or Die Trying!

Funny... this wouldn't have been my number one thought of what I would be doing in my day. In fact, generally I try to avoid being out in these below-freezing temperatures as much as possible (unless of course it's snowed good or there's an Ultimate Frisbee game...cause us Frisbee players are diehards like that, lol). Yet here I am, out in the midst of it all, tearing down the sidewalk with the fog from my breath blowing back in my face.

The sun is setting, it's less than 18 degrees outside...yeah. It's not a very long run, only a couple blocks and back, but within the first two minutes I think I started loosing feeling in my fingertips =P I don't want to think what this would be like without my fuzzy earmuffs and gloves. Oi. Scaree. Yet despite the cold... its strangely fun. People's Christmas lights are just starting to turn on, and between that and the freezing breeze blowing in my face as I run, I can't help but smile. It feels like I should be playing out a scene from some kind of holiday movie, and if it wasn't that I was already getting out of breath due to temperatures, I would totally start singing Sleigh Ride or something of the sort right about now :-)

Nearly to the post office, I turn the corner and am greeted by one of my favorite sights that I forgot I might see. Vernon Park, in all it's lighted glory! They seem to add some sort of new little piece to the light display there every year, and it's such fun. And I'm still wondering where the heck the town bought a whole light up CASTLE. It has to be custom made cause I've never seen anything like it anywhere else. Tearing myself from this sudden and beautiful destraction, I decide to save a little time but part with some possible warmth by going down the alley where the drive through drop boxes are, instead of going inside. Hey, there's no cars coming, so I'm safe. I dash down and throw in my mail. Mission complete.

Now with my nose running, legs stinging from the cold, and a smile on my face, I shall see how fast I can run back to the welcoming heat, towering bookshelves, and wonderful high-speed broadband internet of the local library.

This is my December, this is my time of the year...This is my December, everything's so clear...