Winter in Florida

It has been cold here for the better part of a week. In general this winter has been colder than any I recall since moving here. It has been getting down into the lower 40’s at night but tonight they are saying it could dip all the way into the 20’s!!!!!!!!!!! That is unbelievably cold for Naples Florida. Yesterday almost felt like a Pennsylvania winter day, it was gray and cold all day. Of course it could be worse, PA got over a foot and a half of snow on Sunday.

The county fair ended yesterday. We didn’t go once. We didn’t go for two reasons, we had a bad taste in our mouths from spending over 20 bucks just to get in the door last year for all of 45 minutes of time spent there and second, it has been cold all week. I could see the fair out our front window. They had a couple rides that looked interesting to me but I guess it will have to wait till next year.

My mood has been dark again. I asked Ali this morning if it was full moon again and of course it is. It is nasty, I feel like just crawling into a hole. Nothing feels right.

I caught a little of the Winter Olympics, I wish I saw the opening ceremonies, I saw some clips of it that looked pretty spectacular.

I downloaded Pumping Iron which we watched this weekend. It is a film from 1975 about Arnold’s Mr Olympia years. It was more entertaining than I expected. Seeing the world of bodybuilding up close along with seeing the mid 70’s style and fashion trends made for 90 minutes of good entertainment. Some of the things Arnold said during the movie made me understand where his political aspirations came from. One of the most shocking things he revealed was when his dad died he did not attend his funeral, he did not want to be distracted from his training for an upcoming event.