Baby, It's Cold Outside

So, while I'm slowly becoming more of a morning person, this morning was rough. In retrospect, it was great, but getting up this morning was very difficult.

Each morning, I start trying to get up at around 5:30. I usually lie in bed until 5:45, and in between I slowly poke one toe out from under the covers at a time, until eventually my whole leg is forced to face the cruel world outside my bed. This morning, as I was reluctantly beginning my whirlwind morning of getting to school by 6:40, and I stuck my toe out from the covers, I immediately rescinded it.

It. Was. FREEZING. Running through my head was the fact that not only did I not want to leave my warm cocoon, but wait.. I'm in Texas. Why am I cold? Wait... I'M COLD!!! IT'S FINALLY SEASONALLY APPROPRIATE WEATHER HERE! It only took until mid-November, but it was below 60! Yippee!

My delight was fleeting... the heat was not turned on in our house (it's Texas), so getting ready this morning was quite the Olympic sport. Once I pried myself from my bed, I ran (literally ran) into the kitchen with my handy dandy LLBean heating pad, threw it in the microwave, and turned the heat on. The thermostat was in "off" position, and read a chilly 58... oops. I grabbed my bathrobe, wrapped myself in it, and hopped from bathmat to bathmat to avoid the cold bathroom tile floor.

The combination of bathrobe and heating pad brought my body temperature back to normal, but I realized that the linen tunic and khakis that I had laid out for today probably wouldn't cut it... especially since this afternoon we have our first soccer game! My Catholic school instincts kicked in, and I went for tights, a skirt, and a sweater, combined with my standard Northface fleece.

I couldn't surrender the heating pad for my drive to school, it sat on my lap the whole drive. According to my iPhone, it was 45... hooray! I was worried that I was just a wimpy Texan and that my body had adjusted to the heat, but in fact, it's actually reasonable weather to feel cold in. Phew.

It then crossed my mind that as uncomfortable (and slightly gleeful) as I was to discover the change in the weather, I was able to fix it. I turned my heat on, and the house was warm by the time I left. Many of my students were met with the same shocking discovery of cold weather that I was this morning, but many of them weren't able to have the same quick fix that I had. They were cold this morning, and will continue to be throughout the season. While I'm living pretty simply, and in solidarity, I'm still exceptionally blessed and privileged.

So yes, I'm finally feeling fall weather- of course, on the day of our first soccer game! My Texan ladies will be a little chilly I believe, but I have confidence in the Lady Lions!