Why do I live somewhere with high temperatures below 0?

It's cold outside right now. Really cold. So cold your nose doesn't work. The hairs freeze, the smell receptors freeze yet somehow the snot flows freely. It doesn't actually get below zero all that often. This winter has been consistently cold though. We had snow in early December and it's still here. Therefore it hasn't gotten above freezing much in almost 2 months.

Broomball makes it bearable. It has to be cold for ice rinks to stay solid outside. And Minneapolis has a lot of outdoor public ice rinks in the winter. And even when it's -10, running on the rink makes you sweat. Of course when it's -10 and you stop for even 2 minutes, you get cold. You kind of have to keep running or wear to much clothing, and then you're hot and wet when you stop. Anyhow, broomball makes it bearable.

The results are in! I got passed my PE exam so I am now officially a Professional Engineer. Most people that know anything about it have told me it's a big deal and a great accomplishment. Honestly, my life hasn't changed yet, I don't know what I'm going to do with it. It's been a long term goal and now that it's done, I don't have a new goal so I'm somewhat lost. I'll regroup and get going on some new endeavor soon.

To followup with the last post, I did buy new skis. They are in the mail. I bought them from Mammoth Mountaineering - they had the best price and mounted the bindings for me (saving me the trouble). I'm psyched - next weekend I'll get to try them. Now if my knees only hold together. I have a troublesome partial MCL tear in my left knee (same knee as last years ACL tear). It's a broomball injury. The Doc says to manage the pain, it will heal on it's own - no surgery necessary. I haven't tried skiing with it yet...

This is a working weekend (again). Chenney's busy cleaning, the new drywall is in and that makes a huge mess of dust. I'm stuck on the computer working on a CAD model. The weekend work has to stop soon. It sucks the fun out of an already frustrating life in a place that is currently -4. It's a good weekend to be doing work I guess, I wouldn't be outside anyway.