Today Chicago aka "Chi-beria" is predicted to get up to negative 46 with the wind chill. Every place but the gym and libraries are closed. If Constance was here we'd be hitting both. She'd swim in a nearly empty pool. For the first time all year, I'd concur with her that the water was warm.
People who live outside of the Chicagoland area never believe this but I actually LOVE that we get a real winter.
In case you are trying to stay warm today here are some reasons you should love it to:
1. Our winter keeps the wimps from moving their corporate headquarters here and driving our rent/house prices up so high we have to train in from Indiana and Wisconsin. Woohoo!
2. Staying warm burns a lot of calories so bad weather is the perfect excuse to eat some delicious food; Chicago dogs, Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, etc.
3. The snow naturally cleans our streets. We have a beautiful downtown and we should be proud of it.
4. Everyone looks good in the official Chicago uniform, a black or charcoal wool coat. The same is true for today's backup uniform of the long black down insulated coat.
5. We get adult snow days! They are like bonus weekends only they aren't filled with scheduled activities. ;)