Those of you in climes that are more used to a winter where the temperatures are low and the snow high may find this funny, but here in Virginia we usually don’t have much snow. Heck, a half inch or so can send half the state into a panic, clear the shelves of the essentials – bread, milk, fritos and beer – and pretty much guarantee a day off.
Today, we are in the midst of our third unusual storm – we currently have a good six or more inches out there, and its supposed to keep coming down until tomorrow morning with a final estimate of near a foot. I, the idiot that I am, went out to get gas and some groceries, which quickly turned into some gas and whatever I could get at a WaWa. Its kind of reminiscent of a Stephen King novel out there – maybe The Stand, or once I got back home, The Shining.
So why the beard loving? Because after being outside for twenty minutes, my face wasn’t that cold. Not even when I got in the car, looked in the mirror, and saw that I had icicles attached to my beard – damned thing had insulated my face. Mind you, I still want to shave it, and I can only do that if I publish or finish writing a novel (its a pride thing, and you know us guys and our pride).
Hope you all are having as nice a day!