Meet the "Awesome" Mr. Cold Weather

I blame everything on the weather. Or men.

Don't you?

Okay, just kidding!

It's been freezing here in Columbus this past week. I feel like I'm in a freezer in a freezer- it's that cold! Every time I go out my face gets blasted with a full-on cannonball of frigid air. BAM- every single time.

This time I'm not kidding.

BUT I'm not here to complain about the cold weather. Oh no. I'm here to tell you what the cold weather can do, and why it is sooooooooo awesome, and why you should all make Mr. Cold Weather your best friend forever and ever and ever... (do you hear the sarcasm just dripping here).

So,
1) The cold weather can turn a school into an ice-skating rink!!! 
How "AWESOME" is that?! I just found out that BYU-Provo, my alma mater, literally turned into an ice-skating rink today! Here's the magical formula to make your school equally oh-so-"cool":

Make someone (or whoever is in charge of doing this) forgot to salt the pathways, or think it's not important since it's only rain 
+
Rain
+
Subzero temperatures 
=
Ta dah! "Ice-skating pathways" for the 25,000+ student population to slip and slide and cling precariously to railings enjoy! 

For the record, I LOVE BYU, and I hope everyone was safe (meaning no bruises or broken bones from accidentally sliding "skating" into someone), and that they "de-iced" the pathways as soon as they could.

2) The cold weather makes impossible things become possible!
Remember THIS POST where I told you about my colleague who called Provo "hell on earth?" I guess you can call this a case of HELL FREEZING OVER. Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha... yes I think I'm sooooo funny.

3) The cold weather makes me turn funny. See 2).

4) The cold weather helps you burn more calories when you workout. 
Alright, so I don't workout, but I moved on Monday morning, and of course, it snowed ON THE VERY DAY I HAD TO MOVE. Thanks a bunch Mr. Weather. My friends were terrific though- they nonchalantly shrugged off any additional inconvenience from moving in the cold weather, and did what they came to do. And for that, apart from my everlasting gratitude for their service, they also got the added bonus of burning some extra calories from all that huffing and puffing (or was I the only one doing this?!).

And if anything, every time you dress, you have to layer and layer and layer, then take them off once you get indoors, then put them on all over again layer after layer after layer- I'm telling you, you burn quite a lot of calories.

5) The cold weather addles my brain to the point that I commit a fashion no-no in Miss Keesh's personal book of fashion. 
I went to the temple directly after school yesterday (for more information on LDS temples, please visit HERE and HERE), and grabbed a long black skirt to change into. However, I forgot to bring a change of shoes, and ended up wearing a brown-black blouse, a long black skirt and... coral-pink sneakers. I pulled my skirt as far down my hips as possible, but it still could not hide my completely mismatched, bright, attention-grabbing "LOOK AT ME!" shoes.

Of course, I played it cool when I went into the temple, and thank goodness I changed into temple shoes so my mortification did not last too long. I promise I don't judge how or what you wear to the temple, but you got to admit that even you would stare if you saw someone wearing this combination. Plus, even if no one else cared (which I'm sure no else did because everyone treated me just as nice), I did! My personal (again I'm not judging anyone else but myself) fashion book says no sneakers to the temple, and no sneakers with nice, non-denim skirts.

*Groan*

And that, my friends, is why Mr. Cold Weather is like, my best friend forever and ever and ever (urgh! My floor is disgusting from all the sarcasm).