Oh my gosh it is the coldest!

Another cold front has moved in on Austin that has made me glad I haven’t done any gardening yet. It was below freezing most of the day, even with the sun, and it’s supposed to drop down to 17 degrees tonight, with windchill dropping it down to 5. I should point out that for Jessie, this is pretty much unthinkable. We are coping by wrapping her up in blankets and jackets and the like. I, on the other hand, am still in short sleeves. It does mean that I get extra-cuddled at night, which is nice.

I say this not to impress upon you how cold it is here, because cold is nothing new for us Preecs’s. It’s the wind. It’s BONKERS. The air has come south from Canada and it isn’t even stopping for local cuisine. It’s been whipping through the city and rattling windows all evening. I briefly considered checking for tornado warnings. When we woke up this morning, we had to pull the grill out of the grass. Evidently I had forgotten to set the brakes. And even that brief excursion required me to put on a coat. And gloves, even! There’s frost out there! I wonder if my rosebush can handle it?

The drive into work revealed a few more notable structural failures, though nothing drastic. There is a stretch of street, however, that is lined by trees on either side, and some of them had lost significant branches. One had lost a ‘branch’ so big that I hesitate to consider what remained a ‘tree’.

The best, of course, was when I left Judo this evening. I get pretty sweaty in there, and despite my jacket, the wind pierced to my skin and gave me quite a chill. I would have worn a thicker jacket, but Jessie was wearing it at the time, even though she is indoors.

Another doctor’s appointment come and gone, and nothing to report, which is pretty much the best news. Jess is in good health and isn’t gaining too much weight or loosing too much health. Tyler’s kicks are getting bigger and bigger. I think He’s really excited to get born, though I’m hoping he’ll wait a few more weeks to finish baking. Sometimes when I talk to him it calms him down, and sometimes it winds him up. He’s cute already.

-N