Hard to believe we have been in AZ for almost a month. Last time I sort of reported on the weather--there isn't any really important health stuff to report, thank goodness--because it was its usual nice self here. To add to that, we have had several days this week, prior to rain due today, where one could bask by the pool, mid-afternoon. Mid and upper 70s briefly.
I only mention this to bring up another matter: I think we have grown accustomed to the warmer weather here. I note that in Cache Valley, before we left, it felt more cold to me than it had in years past. And this was before the icebox weather that they have been in since then. The first year here in AZ I was in shorts and tee shirts anytime it was over 60 degrees. Now not so much. Those temps now feel kind of cool. Have we adapted? More than likely. More often than not one is resorting to a cover up in the house and out and about. Blame it on the chemo or just old age, or a combination of those. In any case, it doesn't feel as warm here to me as it has in past years.
Since everyone knows that 25% of body heat is lost via the head the best thing to warm up or to cool down is to put on or take off a hat. Since my cabeza now shows more skin than ever this is a third variable in my heat regulation. I occasionally think I look like one of those kids who wears a toque all year. Or maybe I am beginning to understand why they do it.
It will be a quiet one for us this evening--not just because it is rookie night out--but also because we are too old to want to stay up late enough to see in the New Year. It'll be there tomorrow, if we are, and that's soon enough.
Happy New Year!
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