Whew, that cold spell is DONE!
We’re heading into increasingly warmer temperatures; it’s even supposed to hit plus eight next Thursday!
The downside of the warmer weather is the return of grey skies. Oh, well, I didn’t come here to freeze but I did expect a sodden experience! 😀
I just got in from part one of the interview process for a popular chain of shoe stores. I have no illusions that I will be going any further in the process, but part one was rather surreal. It involves taking a test with quite the hodgepodge of questions, from basic math to your experience in retail to hypothetical ethical conundrums. The rest of the interview process involves a one-on-one interview with the manager and then a phone interview with a district manager. All this to sell shoes at minimum wage!
The questionnaire was geared towards what I imagine is their average employee base: high school kids. It felt very silly to be answering questions about what I was or was not doing when I was in grade eight when that was half a lifetime ago!
At any rate, I’m glad that my latest round of handing out resumes resulted in an interview, even if nothing more comes of it.
From a predicted low of minus eight, we hit minus ten last night!!!
But here is where things get extraordinary. I turned the furnace on to 16 last night and went to bed with just blankets and a tuque. Not only did I end up having a super comfortable night, but the furnace never kicked on, and it’s just chilly in here, not cold, this morning! Radiant heaters are definitely the way to go!
The cushions covering the windows in the loft also make a huge different.
Of course, at this temperature, I can’t even get anything out of my fresh water tank, so I’m happy that I can get water in the house.
We’ll be staying below freezing for a couple of days and then things are going to warm up.
Hopefully.
And it is cold.
I’m pretty sure that it’s not quite as cold as it was in Prince George in October, but I’ve got the electric heat running, so that could skew my numbers a tad. Like that night, the furnace is no luxury!
The forecast has worsened, not improved, with the low tonight dipping to minus nine. We are approaching scary number territory! If that happens, I will, of course, move to the house; no sense being super uncomfortable for nothing. But so long as we don’t hit minus eleven, I prefer to bundle up and sleep in my own bed.
I actually pulled out my long winter coat, something I didn’t do last year. The wind coming in from the ocean can be quite brutal at times, so I’ll appreciate being covered down to my ankles with a warm coat and having a (faux) fur-lined hood for my five minute walk to work.
I usually feel very safe in my RV, whether I’m parked in a campground, a Walmart, or a turnout. If I’m overnighting in an urban area, I choose a spot with a couple of exits and good light. If I’m in the boonies, I try to stay out of the sightline of passing vehicles. I’ve only had one scare that taught me to keep my cellphone handy and charged at all times, otherwise I’ve been very lucky so far as intruders go.
Nick and Terry Russell weren’t so lucky the other night. You can read about their terrifying encounter with an armed intruder at the Gypsy Journal blog.