Okay, we survived. We did get a little more now during the night, but not much. I shoveled our car out wearing short pants and a tee-shirt, although that was probably a nutty thing to do since it wasn't "that" warm out. It's 10 degrees, but it feels like a nice day, bright and sunny, and it's not snowing. The plow guy came through and got the rest of our driveway. I still have a path to our oil tank and to the compost area to do, but I might hire someone to shovel that.
It is extreme weather temps coming and going that my body does not seem to like or adjust well to. If the cold weather would just even out and stay pretty level all winter then my body would have an easier time adjusting. But these up and down temps throw my whole body thermometer out of whack and make me feel miserable.
I don't seem to notice temp changes. My husband did though. There's no real cause to when I have pain and when I don't. I am sore after PT but never the next day but the day after that and that's been a pattern.
In researching the topic, I found out that high elevations and much lower humidity than is here, is much better for any kind of arthritis pain. I also read that some Seniors, who are visiting any of the mountain States, completely lose any arthritis pain they had where they live. Cold weather can affect arthritis pain, but low elevations and high humidity affect arthritis pain much, much more. Neither of us experienced any arthritis pain during the winters we lived in Colorado at 6,000 feet. Since it's been 10 years since we lived on The Front Range, we'll see.
My brother in law lives in Colorado and he has some arthritis, I'm not sure what elevation they're at but he's only 57.
I just talked to my brother and SIL who live just out of Savannah , GA. They got about an inch of snow then sleet and freezing rain forming a sheet of ice and then another three inches of snow. That's practically unheard of there. The last time they had any snow at all was 1998. Could this be Global Warming?
We're a bit north of there. Generally, we get less snow but more cold. I dislike weather reports that dwell on the wind chill factor but ignore the actual temperatures, as that seems to be fake news, given that they can make up any number they like and call it the wind chill factor. Frankly, I wish they'd just give us the weather forecasts and reports and save the hype for weather that is really out of the ordinary. Yeah, we had a blizzard but it was no more than what we get every winter, and was actually on the mild side. There was no need to send everyone running to the store to empty the shelves of things that will spoil in a little while. With a snowblower, it would have taken about ten minutes to clear the drive and walk. With a shovel, a bit longer, but not a major issue. As for temperatures, when it doesn't get freezing cold here in the winter, I might start thinking that global warming is something other than an agenda to get people to agree to things that are against their own interests.
Yeah, I don't think that would have worked on our storm, though. Besides, an actual snowblower would make more sense for me to have than a riding lawnmower.
This guy is not a sissy at all, he goes wandering in the woods for days just taking pics of wildlife and everything so I figured if he cancelled a trip it must really be cold. He doesn't believe in global warming either...