The sky did not fall

Sunday the outside temperature was minus 32.  I walked to and from the church, bundled in my chunky wool sweater, Canada Goose coat, leather gloves under felted well mitts, and survived.

Monday was the same temperature.  I am afraid of such severe cold, and so for the third time since beginning in early September I did not go to the gym.  The first time was Christmas Eve, and I arrived after they closed at noon, and the second was Christmas Day.  Monday was voluntary negligence.  PJs day all day.  Riddled with guilt I ventured out on a few errands and the gym on Tuesday when again the temperature was below thirty [how long, oh Lord, HOW LONG?].

But the sky did not fall, so when the alarm called me from my pillow at 6:30 for a 9 AM dental appointment, and the mercury read minus 39, I put on my onesie, left a message at the dentists office, cried off my evening Social Justice Meeting, and determined to miss my fourth day of exercise.

Will my luck hold or will the sky fall?

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