If you’re cold, get used to it…

If you’re cold, get used to it…
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Hello All,

All right, it’s cold, we all know that. There is no way to get over it, we just have to deal with it. I am not going to talk about the fact that in Minneapolis right now it is -4 or that in Chicago it is the balmy 6 degree (Fargo, ND is a steamy –9 degrees).

Instead, I want to talk about how we get used to it, Say what you will, in October we start complaining about days in the 50s, but come March we are excited about 40s, or even April’s 60 degree weather has people wearing shorts.

We all have an innate ability to deal with the crappy weather. I have talked to people who have recently moved to Chicago from Texas and North Carolina, and a month ago they could not handle temps around 30, but this weekend we got up to the 20s down here on the lake, and they were excited and living it up.

I guess what I am saying is nothing new, but I am always impressed by how our bodies can adapt and grow resilient to the cold or the heat. During the course of only a few months each year we are able to withstand temperature changes varying from -20 to 110 degrees. Sure, we have heat and air conditioning, coats and scarves, but I believe we also have resilience and strength. We have Midwestern blood from pioneers who emigrated, traversed great distances, and then said “This is far enough. We are tired, and this is nice enough.” Then, like good Midwesterners our forefathers were just as stubborn as we are today, we have refused for generations to move to warmer climates.

And so, every year we convince others to move to this frozen land by saying “Come visit me this summer, you’ll love it!” and then once we convince people to move here they have no way to get out, and then the next year we are able to get them to get more people to move here.

So, here’s what I say: Keep playing this game. Misery loves company. It can always get colder. keep you chins up, campers.

That is all.