#took a little hike w friends! saw a spruce grouse! got lightly attacked by said spruce grouse!

[thatfaerieprincess]

I often forget how badly the cold can fuck me up and then one slightly-too-chilly-for-slightly-too-long outing and I’m out of commission for the rest of the damn day…

No outdoor winter job for me I guess

#took a little hike w friends! saw a spruce grouse! got lightly attacked by said spruce grouse! #stood and watched some cormorants and chatted! saw a great blue heron! and some harbor seals! #my hands were tingly numb the entire 10 min drive back to the apartment! #and then I thought I had escaped mostly okay bc my chest hadn’t gone yet #but a few mins back at home and my hands still stiff and then my chest started up #it wasn’t even that cold!! I wasn’t that cold!! god damn circulation!!! #my chest hurt for a while and piled under my electric blanket but could barely even tell it was warm #had some snacky lunch and hot chocolate #I think I fell asleep a little bit #but my chest still hurt for a while and once it faded out my hands were still cold #and my chest felt sensitive after hurting #still feels sensitive now but not as bad #but I literally just had to lay around for ljke 3-4 hours after being out #ended up wearing the heated vest so I could get up and make soup for dinner #thank u Izzy for ur loving phone call soup support #doing better now but god I hadn’t had a bad one like that in a bit #first real cold day of the season here tho so I guess par for the course #good reminder that I really should not be looking at fully outdoor winter jobs #bc I was considering one and was like maybe I’m just being dramatic about the cold and my circulation idk I could probably do it #I could be out all day teaching ppl in the snow #and then it drops to the 40s here for the first time and im knocked on my ass #maybe no snowshoeing for Sam I guess #I think this was also the first time my housemate saw me like that too #everyone at the office knows abt my heated vest and that I don’t have great circulation #but it’s not usually a big issue I just tend to wear a double layer when I do night programs #I’ll have to make sure I’ve got the right layers in the next weeks now that it’s getting cold #bc I can’t let this knock me over when I gotta be teaching #sorry long tags idk I just laying in bed thinking about it all and needed to put it somewhere #I just kinda forget this can happen until it does and im sitting here like surprised pikachu #im a rambling sam