Baby, It's Cold Outside

Wow, over the last month, it has been very cold. Now I understand what all the fuss was about. For a while, I thought that maybe I was super tough or maybe others were more sensitive to the cold. But that’s a big, fat no. I was wrong; I just hadn’t felt the real cold yet. The last two weeks we have gotten got a lot of snow and a lot of wind. In fact, several events for Peace Corps were canceled because of the weather.

Right after that first snow, there was about a week or two of extreme wind. Wind is the worst. It is so have to deal with because no matter how many layers I was wearing, the wind could pass through them. It was torturous walking to and from school. Many errands didn’t happen because I didn’t want to go outside unless it was absolutely necessary.

After those weeks, the snow really came. We probably had at least a foot of snow. It wasn’t as cold as the windy weeks, but I had a foot of snow to walk through because there aren’t plows. Some people shoveled right in front of their gate, but that didn’t make a difference in my walk.

I think part of the difficulty with dealing with the cold is that it is always cold. I have to be outside a lot more because the only way for me to travel is by foot. And the buildings aren’t very warm either. When I sit still for some time working, I get very cold after about a half hour. Layered-clothes are a necessity. Showers are even less fun. The window in the bathroom has a layer of ice around it. And the backdoor has some ice on it in the mornings. Have I mentioned how cold it is lately?

Our Backdoor In The Mornings With Ice

The Water Tower