I can just about feel my fingers again (7am - my first thankful thought for the morning). Local roads are crackly icy and very slick in patches. The temp in Midvale, Utah got down to MINUS 1 overnight, and here in Sandy we are at a warm 4 degrees (Weather Channel adds "feels like minus 4" - not that there is much feeling left at those numbers except pain). We are supposed to have a high of 17 today before another very cold night.
In amongst all this frigidity (frigidness?) arise some of life's ironies. I was able to observe a 3am pity party with a difference. Two coastal Texans, a Floridian and a Marylander had in the distant past all married Utah ladies, and somewhere in the nuptial contract had said to respective in-laws that they would return with brides to parents each year for Thanksgiving. They all felt that they were achieving sainthood for fulfilling their promises in Utah's minus 1, when their chosen States were all enjoying balmy weather.
Have a great Thanksgiving. But remember if you plan soon to visit us in Utah, please bring a coat.
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