aufgabe zwei

July 16 2007

i woke wearing ski socks and a hat of live kitten.

that i hadn't kicked the socks off during the night is proof that it's really cold here.
really, unusually, record-setting, even-the-Canadians-are-complaining cold.
it's not just our imagination or that typical memory lapse that has us all saying we can never remember being 'this hot before' or 'this cold before' whenever the seasons change suddenly.
it's finger achingly cold to the point of something hinting at nausea as i cycle up the hill.
it's muscle freezing cold as the almost useless bricks in my legs push me somehow up that hill which i'm sure is longer today than last week.
it's so cold i have to put the heater on in my bedroom at night and will have to wear full-fingered gloves on tomorrow's ride.

i cycle for the good of the environment.
it's nice to know i've done my part to reduce global warming.