Oh the weather outside is frightful...

...so I'm hiding inside where its at least a little warmer, although not as warm as I would like it! Since we have no control over the heat in the apartment we manage with extra blankets, sweatshirts, and socks haha. But outside- it is SO COLD!!! Seriously, everyone kept saying "its so cold in NY, are you sure you want to move there?" and I thought to myself "I lived in Rexburg all those years- I'm prepared for anything ;)" Which is partly true and partly an underestimation of NY.

I've determined that both NY and Rexburg are extremely cold places- but in very different ways. I can't say that one is worse than the other- pretty sure they're both just bad! The other day I wondered why I continue to move to places where there is winter... so I'm thinking my next big adventure will be to Hawaii or somewhere like it ;)

At first I thought I was a wimp- my phone says the temperature outside is 30 degrees so why am I so cold? I was remembering the good ol' days in Rexburg when it was in the negatives and your nose hairs froze (and your hair if you went outside with wet hair- Lori ;) and your lungs felt like they were being seared with every breath you took. I remember one morning I had to step inside every building on my way to school because it felt as if a weight were crushing your head and stabbing needles in your face all at the same time and hurt so bad.

Turns out here it isn't the searing dryness of the cold, but the humidity. It chills you to the bone so even when you come inside you feel as if you can't ever get warm. I knew the humidity affected the felt temperature in the heat- we always hear about that- but didn't consider it affecting the cold too until my dad finally pointed it out (thanks dad). So I'm not a wimp after all. Well, maybe.

To remind us all of the nice days when it was way up in the 40s- here are some pics from my last stroll in the park way back in the middle of December. I've almost made it to the top of the park- 15 more blocks to go (and plenty more places to discover throughout the park :).

I made it to the east side of the park where I found... the Guggenheim!

One of the things I love about NY is that you find great old buildings in the middle of everything else.

The Reservoir

P.S. On a side note, this reminded me of another classic Rexburg moment- (305 girls) remember the time the front door froze shut- so Lori had to use the blow dryer to thaw it so she could get to class? Haha, how many people can say that ;)