headwind

it's pretty cold at the right now. chances are every single conversation you've had with anyone in dunedin at the moment has involved the dip in temperature, the advancing southerly front and the chance of snow. i'm guilty of it myself

heat pumps are purring around the city, fires are adding to the atmospheric fog and electric blankets are being praised

it's cold enough that i'm rugging up in a hat, scarf and gloves for the walk from the mighty corona to work. i have to say, i do miss my gloves with the animal finger puppets on them

myresa said i'm not allowed to wear my hat in public unless it is very very cold. she said it might impinge upon my chances of meeting a boy if he saw me wearing it. she issued this edict about this time last year, and has since reminded me of it

someone else once said that i'm not as cute as i think i am when i wear a hat like this

one time i arrived at work in my hat (after issuing the requisite hat warning to myresa via the cellular mobile telephone network) and one of our consultants saw me. now, i've seen him handle a myriad of tricky situations with aplomb and grace, but i saw him turn away and laugh a little before he was able to say "cold outside, is it?"

it's a given that i won't be wearing the hat on my date this week

see how i snuck that in there?