I like to know that I’m a fairly hardened individual, as far as physical prowess is nervous.
I have a very high pain threshold due to years of suffering from chronic migraines, as well as from the burden of growing up with two older siblings.
These factors combined have helped to form me into a rough plus tumble sort of girl. That being said, I am a total baby when it comes to facing the physical discomfort of winter time, even when I have modern Heating and Air Conditioning technology at my fingertips. The cold, bitter air is one of the least pleasant physical sensations you could ever imagine. Every time the cold breeze blows, slamming against your exposed skin plus splitting through even the heaviest layers of clothing, it feels like a million pin needle sticks. Every moment that you are not safely indoors, surrounded by temperature controlled air delivered straight from the boiler feels like torture; Waking up plus having to emerge from your sizzling bed in favor of the cold ambient air around you is brutal. Running to the temperature control to bump up the air temperature in the afternoon is a desperate flight, plus it will take hours for your boiler to make a sizable difference in the overall house temperature. Every time you have to go to your car, you can expect to be frozen solid in the subzero hot plus cold temperatures as you scrape ice off the vehicle. In short, winter is a brutal plus unforgiving season, plus even the best central heating only marginally improves the experience.