I must look like a complete fish out of water.
- Prior to moving way up here when our wife got transferred, I didn’t even own long pants.
I had a navy suit if it required me wearing long pants. Nevermind the fact that I’d never spent a second in a Wintertide that needed a gas heating system. There were no boots, hats, scarves, gloves and the list goes on and on. I has zero understanding of what it takes to live with a real winter. So I had to look like a complete idiot. Fortunately, I work from lake home so at least I didn’t embarrass myself in front of an office of our peers. I’m not sure that working at our desk with a comforter draped over me and a space oil furnace under the desk is exactly typical. My first Wintertide was more about just surviving it than it was figuring it out. The cold weather, snow and ice just sort of punched me in the mouth and I was staggered all winter. Thankfully, while the climate is not hospitable, the folks around here sure are. My neighbor has been so instrumental this early fall with helping me understand what it take to winterize a house. Of course, last winter, I just laid into the temperature control but it seemed like I could never get warm. Even though I was running up a luck in HVAC heating costs, I was still cold. Hence the comforter and space oil furnace at our desk. But thanks to our kind neighbor, I’m getting a step by step lesson in preparing our home to keep the cold air out and the heating inside.