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Jan. 23rd, 2025 05:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
spryngThis has been a weird week. Kids had a four-day weekend to start with and then we had a winter storm warning that shut down the schools on Wednesday. We ended up being two degrees warmer than anticipated so none of the feared ice accumulated, although it was legit sleeting most of the early morning. No flurries, and I was up at 3am, 4am, 5am, and 6am to look. Have I mentioned my sleep has sucked lately? ^^()
While we didn't even get ice, the whole panhandle got 7-10 whole inches of snow. There are a ton of pics of the "Welcome to Florida" sign during the snow storm and after, with all the snow around it. Eerie shit. Apparently they broke their previous record of 3 inches from 1965.
This is why we call it climate change, folks.
It's been nonstop cold here in general, too. Typically we'll get a snap and then it'll warm back up into the 60s and 70s, but I swear it's been high 40s and low 50s since December. Which is great if you have the clothes for it, but I've been cycling through my same three long-sleeve shirts and sweaters since we got back from Minnesota. And I know, tiniest violin, but I could use a few warm sunny days. Besides, our heat is through our a/c units, which were not made to heat -- they sit outside, for goodness sake. Apparently they can also straight up break when it gets below 30 degrees so tonight should be fun!
The weather has been a welcome distraction from the things going on politically. All of my systems seem to be holding up in terms of keeping the endless tide of hopeless news at bay, at least; I've been very choosy about my news sources and double/triple-checking the things that do make it through. Like the NIH thing -- initially yelled about as the end of all science funding, it's actually more like a temporary pause. Yes, it's still shitty and will undoubtedly cause headaches for anyone currently waiting for approval, but folks already with funding approval won't have issues.
I'm just not going to panic over things I can't control this time around. And yeah, I say that while at the same time having developed severe insomnia this week, so surely I can't completely control the panic. But this is the beginning of a long, painful slog that's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. We gotta pace ourselves and remember that most people are kind, most people don't want what's coming.
On that note, I've made two loaves of bread this week and they are already more edible and bread-like than previous attempts, so I've got that going for me.
While we didn't even get ice, the whole panhandle got 7-10 whole inches of snow. There are a ton of pics of the "Welcome to Florida" sign during the snow storm and after, with all the snow around it. Eerie shit. Apparently they broke their previous record of 3 inches from 1965.
This is why we call it climate change, folks.
It's been nonstop cold here in general, too. Typically we'll get a snap and then it'll warm back up into the 60s and 70s, but I swear it's been high 40s and low 50s since December. Which is great if you have the clothes for it, but I've been cycling through my same three long-sleeve shirts and sweaters since we got back from Minnesota. And I know, tiniest violin, but I could use a few warm sunny days. Besides, our heat is through our a/c units, which were not made to heat -- they sit outside, for goodness sake. Apparently they can also straight up break when it gets below 30 degrees so tonight should be fun!
The weather has been a welcome distraction from the things going on politically. All of my systems seem to be holding up in terms of keeping the endless tide of hopeless news at bay, at least; I've been very choosy about my news sources and double/triple-checking the things that do make it through. Like the NIH thing -- initially yelled about as the end of all science funding, it's actually more like a temporary pause. Yes, it's still shitty and will undoubtedly cause headaches for anyone currently waiting for approval, but folks already with funding approval won't have issues.
I'm just not going to panic over things I can't control this time around. And yeah, I say that while at the same time having developed severe insomnia this week, so surely I can't completely control the panic. But this is the beginning of a long, painful slog that's going to get a lot worse before it gets better. We gotta pace ourselves and remember that most people are kind, most people don't want what's coming.
On that note, I've made two loaves of bread this week and they are already more edible and bread-like than previous attempts, so I've got that going for me.
