Those of us with below-freezing temperatures (and below-zero wind chills) are shaking our (frozen) fists in the general direction of Thailand.

Did I mention that yesterday I had to go outside at -18˚F to start my van? I wish that was a windchill...I think that was around -40.

You win at cold.

I'm not sure "win" is the right word...

Pretty much when the numbers dip in the negatives in Fahrenheit, the human body should be elsewhere.

As I left work tonight bundled up in -10˚F, heading for my van with wonky heating, to drive 50 miles through rapidly bottoming temps I had to remind myself I used to CAMP OUT in this as a teenager.

Then I reminded myself I was a couple hundred pounds lighter on my feet, the energy of even a fat teenager and, oh yes, I was *surrounded by bonfires* and, a handy nearby hunting lodge when things got really dicey.

Feh. So over winter.

I forget if the great sports bra discussion was here or in Natter. I got a Champion and love it so far. Thanks for the recommendations!

Crap. Anxiety attack coming on.

My whole "my new political attitude is cynical apathy" thing lasted about two days. I'm not so good at not caring.

{{{{{Hil}}}}} Is there anything we can do for you to help you through the anxiety attack?

Then I'd like to thank you for being kind human, Hil, and not a biased robot without free will/mind of her own.

Glad to hear the good news of some of you, and continuous health~ma to all who need it.

Thanks sj.

Mostly, I need to pull myself away from stressy stuff for a little while. But stressy stuff seems to be everywhere. I need to stop reading news sites so obsessively. There's very little I can do from over here, and borrowing trouble doesn't do anybody any good. (On the other hand, "it tolls for thee," and so on.)

Continued healing~ma for Gordon. It sure was good to hear that he came through surgery ok. More peace~ma for you, Niki, and all who love Gordon.

Hil, I wish there were easy answers for anxiety attacks and for political issues. I'm trying hard to not give up hope in general.

Hil, pull yourself away from the computer for a while and do something relaxing if you can.

Generally, I'd go read a book. But the book that I'm reading right now is a murder mystery set in Munich in 1929. Not exactly relaxing. Also, I'm getting pretty stressed about teaching -- this semester is the first time I've been teaching a real math class by myself.

Also, I wanted to sign up for one of the MLK Day of Service things, but all of them were full by the time I got around to it. (My mother suggested using the day to clean my apartment, since the mess is making me more stressed, and since I'm part of the American people, doing something to help myself would still be in the spirit. I'm not quite buying the argument, but I think I might end up cleaning my apartment on Monday, anyway.)