Chilly

It's that fabulous time of year when my nose begins to resemble a leaky faucet, and my sinuses are like a grease and hair clogged drain. Misery at it's best.... and the timing is prime.

I have come down with my first head cold of the season- and hey! Just in time for the weather change to actually take hold. It was 36 degrees when I got up this morning (outside- inside was about 50).
How cold was it?
It was one of those kind of mornings that produces nipples resembling railroad spikes the second your feet hit the floor below the bed... The kind of cold that can make a mans package look like a fleshy stack of quarters and a tan racquetball, as his testes go running back to the warmth and security of his body heat. That shocking unexpected kind of chill that goes right to the bone, and makes you want to crawl back in bed until it is at least 60 degrees in the house.

Here in German Base Housing, the military has control of the heat, and they haven't turned it on yet, the rat bastards. It has to be below 50 degrees for 3 or 4 nights in a row before they turn it on. Tonight will make 3 nights. Hopefully they might feel gracious and give the knob a spin to "on" a day early, just for shits and giggles. I think a low of 34 constitutes a need for heat ASAP... The only way they turn it on sooner? If the commander decides his little nuts are chilly and shrunk enough for him to want it on. I don't think I want to spend another morning in the kitchen standing in front of an open oven in order to thaw my hands enough to pack lunches.

All this frozen fun and a new head cold to boot! Who could ask for more?! Upon my return home from taking the kids to school, I went into a biblical sneezing fit... the fun kind where I had to stop dead in my tracks, and stand with my legs crossed, so I didn't piss myself with the forcible wracking of my body. This, as naturally it would, set off a coughing spell, as I tried to swallow the golf-ball-o-mucus the sneezing brought on....

It's 8:30 AM. Gonna be a lovely day. Excuse me, I have to go blow my nose.