almost froze my lips off

We went for a 55 mile bike ride on a new route this morning and it was freezing. I almost died of hypothermia! Ok not really, but I didn't have breakfast so I was dying by mile 40 and went to have lunch at this burrito place in manayunk (they should pay me in nachose for this free advert) and I ate almost 20$ worth of nachos and burritos...they were that good and I was that hungry. I forgot to order the 1$ churros though, pretty miffed about that. OK back to the story, the entire time I was eating I was shivering so I went to the bathroom to run hot water over my hands and I looked in the mirror and my lips were freaking blue! I almost lost my lips and even before I ever kissed anyone....so embarrasing...no I'm kidding I've kissed lots of things...girls...I mean. People were staring!

On the ride we saw this car stopped in the middle of the road, at the top of a huge hill and it was on FIRE...literally. People were stopping at the intersection to have long looks it was kind of annoying, I mean once you've seen a car on fire, you've seen em all right?

The midpoint of the ride was Valley Forge national park. It was surreal to think thousands of guys in dilapidated coats and crappy shoes holed up there hundreds of thousands of years ago when the American Revolutionary War raged on. I mean we were COLD, they must've been FREEZING. The scene was probably the same as that seen by George Washington and his men, which was a stark wintry landscape with naked leafless trees. Here's a quote from Wikipedia: "Alternating freezing and melting of snow and ice made it impossible to keep dry and allowed for disease to fester."

Speaking of books, I slacked off today and am reading this book....and it's snowing outside, my car is half covered in snow, it's sticking this time, instead of just melting after touching down.

Got a physio exam on Friday, hope I ace it. It's the first of 3, ending the next Thursday. Less than 2 weeks before I go home.