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[Pax]

That is rough, I have a very low tolerance for cold gloomy weather, thus the move to the cultural wasteland of FL.

[Crankin]

I am laughing, Pax, although it isn't funny. Those are exactly the words I used to describe the 5 years I spent in Florida. And I saw that when I was only 15 when I moved there.
I don't mind cold, but the weather has been strangely cold and then warm. And yes, the grey days can cause cocooning urges, but it's only October. Ten years ago, I would have been done with riding at this time of year, but now, I try to do at least short rides until it snows. I still have about 225 miles to go, to get to 2,500. The way it's looking, I may not make it... the last year I didn't make it, was 2005. I remember writing about it here. Then, in 2006, I rode 3K. I've had 2 other 3k+ years, but have managed to make 2,500, I think, every other year, even 2008, when I was recovering from chronic pain, etc.

[shootingstar]

Near freezing temperatures and persistent rain for several hours, is harder (for me) to deal with....vs. no rain and much colder temperatures ie. -20 degrees C.

[ny biker]

Near freezing temperatures and persistent rain for several hours, is harder (for me) to deal with....vs. no rain and much colder temperatures ie. -20 degrees C.

Both of those situations is hard for me to deal with!.

[Crankin]

The rain wouldn't be a situation for me... because I would never go out and ride in the rain, if I could avoid it! That said, I have ridden in torrential thunderstorms (my Finger Lakes tour) and other, lighter rain, and there is no part of it I can tolerate. Even if it's warmer out, riding in the rain just opens up the chance for bad things happening.

[ny biker]

I can handle light rain, if necessary, but it makes me cranky. Of course I don't like wind either. I prefer perfect conditions.

[Crankin]

Meh, we just had a power outage that lasted almost 2 hours. I had just started roasting some broccoli, and was about to start making salmon burgers. DH is at a late meeting, so was looking forward to relaxing with a glass of wine and dinner, alone. I know it's a first world problem, so I ate some of the half cooked broccoli, and when I couldn't wait any longer, I made a hummus, tomato, and avocado wrap. Was just about to get into bed and read by the light of a flashlight, when it went back on. Thankfully, it was 72 degrees today, but the temperature is going down and it's windy. That's probably why the power went out. Well, it happens so rarely, I shouldn't complain.

[emily_in_nc]

I feel your pain, Crankin. I am not a fan of the power going out. In the place we stayed here in Playa last winter, that happened with some frequency. For some reason it was often just our half block. I think there must have been some flaky piece of equipment. I hated it. We have only had it out for a couple of minutes since we got back down here (and are in a different unit) this time.

More first world problems here, though: today we had no hot water and half our cable stations were out. So, I had to text our building maintenance guy (who only speaks Spanish) twice on the water situation. I had google translate going on my laptop and was texting him in the other hand on my phone (not easy b/c it's a dumb phone). He did fix it, but it was inconvenient b/c it took hours, and we had laundry in the machine half-filled with water when we figured out that we had no hot water, so it kinda delayed that a bit!

The cable problem, I was able to do an online chat for and even requested and got English speakers two out of three times, but NONE of them helped with the problem! I finally got an answer from a local expat forum; it required putting in a "secret" code to reset the box back to factory defaults, and all the channels came back. So, trying to straighten that out took several hours.

It's always something!

[Pax]

We're going to our first Halloween costume party in years tonight. We decided to dress up as tourists, seemed appropriate as we are FL newbies.

[Catrin]

I hear you Crankin, it's a pain when the power goes out! One HOPES that it isn't too cold when it happens, but still...ugh!

Have fun Pax! Let us know how it goes

Emily - glad to hear you were able to work that out. Convoluted at best, but glad to hear it was resolved.

[Blueberry]

I hear you Crankin, it's a pain when the power goes out! One HOPES that it isn't too cold when it happens, but still...ugh!

Personally, I'd rather cold than hot (but then I live in a relatively moderate climate). I hate, hate, hate being hot and sticky with no way to cool down (and having to pitch the fridge/freezer stuff).

2 more exams to go - one clinical and one final for our hem/onc block. Will be so glad for Wednesday afternoon!

[emily_in_nc]

We're going to our first Halloween costume party in years tonight. We decided to dress up as tourists, seemed appropriate as we are FL newbies.

Have fun, Pax! We haven't dressed up or been to a Halloween party in years. Lots of people do dress up here and walk the main tourist drag, so we'll probably see some interesting sights if they're out when we're walking Paisley. And this weekend into early next week is all the Day of the Dead celebrations here in Mexico too, so it could be a noisy few nights!

[rebeccaC]

We're going to our first Halloween costume party in years tonight. We decided to dress up as tourists, seemed appropriate as we are FL newbies.

Have a fun time!!!! Having talented makeup artists as friends and the weho halloween carnaval makes for a fun time here…..being zombies tonight ftw

[Pax]

Have a fun time!!!! Having talented makeup artists as friends and the weho halloween carnaval makes for a fun time here…..being zombies tonight ftw

That sounds awesome!!

We just got home from the party, we had a super time!! Really nice people and some very fun costumes. I won the pumpkin carving contest, my prize was a yeti can coozie, it's kinda heavy but it did seem to keep my drink very cold.

[Helene2013]

Nice. Now that is the first I read about dressing as "tourists". Pardon my French hihi ...but how do you look to dress as a tourist in Florida?