Nothin’ but cold

I feel like I spent most of the Fall trying to psych myself up for the Winter. This is the last one that we’ll have to deal with for a while, so I just have to get through a few months, right? However, when the temperature started falling last week (and then stayed – right in the low 20s F), I had two major realizations:

1. It gets really cold in Ukraine.

2. I am a super big wimp when it comes to being cold.

I just hate being cold. I hate that feeling of being unable to breathe when you first step out the door. I hate that I can’t feel my fingers after 10 minutes, even when I’m wearing gloves. I hate the fact that if I try to take the dog on a walk longer than 20 minutes – to wear her out for the day – she starts whimpering uncontrollably.

After thinking over realizations one and two, I had the unfortunate realization number three:

3. This is just the beginning of winter and it’s only going to get colder.

Four more months…four more months…