OK, We've Had Enough

Just a few more January days and we will have the coldest on record.  The average is 2.7 so far.  I personally would rather not break the record and indeed we are supposed to warm up to 6 degrees tomorrow and 26 on Monday! 

The thermometer is standing at -24 here in South Anchorage.  I have my wool hat on and am getting ready to dive back into bed under not one, but two down quilts, a first for me. 

I am also sick with the worst cough/sinusitis I have ever had.  It started with a bullet cough I thought, from breathing in the cold into my lungs, but is not fortunately p-neumonia, a chest x-ray confirmed.  Still it has all the indications of flu plus a river of PND running down the back of my throat per the doc, and a just awful feeling of illness.  Looking forward to feeling better and I am sure half of ANC is as well, as there is plenty of hacking going on. 

The lad has been a fine caregiver although he has been on the Comtrex himself. 

He made a great invention out of a tall, narrow box with holes to stop the slider from freezing up and shoot warm air into the room instead of onto the window.  I will try to get a few snaps tomorrow.

Still have the snow couches in the back yard and snow that is so deep in the previously plowed places, that it makes for hard walking.

I think ANC drivers are the worst and most irresponsible I have seen yet.

Anchorage police say this late 1990s-model green Toyota Tacoma pickup truck drove off the International Airport Road overpass at Minnesota Drive Friday afternoon, landing in Minnesota's northbound lanes. The driver, a man in his late 80s, was extricated from the vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries; he was speaking with police and paramedics at the scene before being taken to the hospital. (Aaron Weaver/KTUU-TV)

PS.  There were some incredible Aurora to be seen this week but not unfortunately in Anchorage.  With my friend Carol's permission I will post some of her pictures from Knik.