Baby It's Cold Outside

I can sum up my latest adventure in one word…. Detroit! Yes I am really in Detroit during the middle of winter and there is something to be said about snow here, like I have not seen the roads at all in 5 days. There is so much snow it’s unreal. Everyday I step outside the hotel into the morning air and think I am becoming hypothermic. That morning air is -5 degrees and full of snow. Once I cross the threshold into what seems like hell frozen over, I clumsily fight the frozen car door open and dig for the snow brush, I slam the door shut hoping it will knock off a majority of the snow so the 10 minutes I would have to spend cleaning it all off is cut down to maybe 5. I get in the car and sit and wait patiently for about 10 minutes until a little bit of heat starts to seep out. Now, you would think putting on a jacket and gloves would be enough to suffice but it is not and I discovered this today when the tips of my fingers starting stinging and then I lost feeling in my hands. Just so we are clear, I had on polar fleece gloves. Fleece is supposedly one of the warmest materials there is. Once, I see the engine has stopped shaking and is starting to warm up, I am off and heading to work. I take about 3 city roads to get the highway and all are packed with snow so I guess where the lanes are because I cannot see the lines. I enter the highway and immediately see accidents and traffic, yet somehow I have been in DETROIT for 5 days and have only seen one police officer. Now, incase Detroit, Michigan has not been your choice for vacation spots, the highways are grated for snow. They look like someone plowed them. I make it to my exit safely after 5 miles of interstate and about 20 minutes. I take my last side road and start yet again guessing where the lane is marked on the road. I drive slow and safe and literally slide into a parking spot. I work all day only to attempt this dangerous feat again at 4:30 only difference is that the temperature has risen from -5 to an actual 7 degrees. I get home and I am locked away to watch American Idol tryouts and laugh my ass off. Hope everyone is warm or at least warmer than me.