Since it was the coldest day of the year we of course thought it was a good idea to go for a dip today. According to weather underground it was 11 degrees out, with a feels like of -4. I will say, though, that we found a spot by the building where there was sun and no wind, so that make things a little easier - when we were changing it was more like 11 degrees. Which is not warm.
Because it's so cold the water temp was down to 35 again. The best part, though, is that the ice shelf is back. Of course I swam out to it and got on. I decided that maybe I've been cutting myself getting back in, as opposed to getting out, and so I sat on the shelf and slid in on my butt. I noticed much less in the way of scrapes, so I think that's a good strategy. We stayed in for about 7 minutes and I took my gloves off at the end to acclimate my hands. My new mittens are amazing, and dang it's hard to stick my hands in the water. The big swim is going to be intense.
After I had a lot of after drop on the drive home. I took a long shower and sat on the couch with my hot pad for a bit. And then I started feeling so tired that I took a nap (which was quite delightful). I'm still psyched about the upcoming storm - I hope it's going to be a fun one.
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