Get Fit (Again) February - Week Two

Why...?

WHY!?

WHYYYYYYYY!?!

Seriously. Why is it whenever I FINALLY get motivated to get out and start getting some REGULAR exercise... SOMETHING... happens to make it even harder... 

It's, like:

Me: Alright, no more of this sluggish, moping around. It's a new month, and I'm going to get OUTSIDE and get some fresh air and exercise EVERY DAY, all month (and maybe even continue that trend all year!) 

Mother Nature: Hold my beer....

Maybe February just isn't the best time to be trying to start a new routine of outdoor exercise... At least in Saskatoon.  

Monday, 8 February 2021

Wait... -51?

Ummmm... that looks cold... Let's call it another "Rest Day"... 

Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Sooooo.... Rest Day....?

Wednesday, 10 February 2021

Me: I think I'm taking another "Rest Day" 

Amanda: Keira has to get to the Orthodontist

Me: [f-bomb]

So we did get out of the house on Wednesday. 

Walked downtown with Keira to the Orthodontist. 

AND over to Broadway to get groceries. 

Grocery hauling mule. 

We spotted these duck on the river. They were constantly dipping under the water. Not, like, diving for food, just a quick dip under every few seconds. Keira asked what they were up to and I wondered aloud if it was them trying to keep warm. Keira asked how that could be - wouldn't the water be cold? My thought was that, while, yes, the water was cold, it was probably only 0°C - having not frozen solid - while the AIR above the water was -40... so... warming up... by dunking into near frozen water....?

Keira was fascinated by all the fog, thinking it looked like a magical mist that could be floating through a forrest.

As cold as it is, I find it very pretty and an anamoured by the contrasts between the greyscale landscape and the occasional bright bit of colour - provided by a brightly coloured jacket - or this pavilion in our nearby park. 

Thursday, 11 February 2021

-55!? Are you shitting me!? 

I am reminded of that comic by Matthew Inman of the Oatmeal

The above illustration is ©2020 Mathew Inman and used here entirely without his permission

Yeah...  It's Hot Chocolate Time, Muthafukka! 

Friday, 12 February 2021

Holy $h!t!? It's ONLY -26 with a -34 windchill out there this morning!? 

That's the nice thing about a few days of -40 weather - and actually getting out in that weather... the rest of the winter ends up feeling like shorts weather! 

And look at that long range forecast: -7 next Thursday!? 

(Which reminds me of a sketch from Rick Mercer... )

Keira and I did our library run... 

WAsn't quite as brutally cold as earlier in the week. 

But still pretty damned cold. 

Saturday, 13 February 2021

Well at least there wasn't any windchill... but the air itself was -33°C... so moving around in it on your own would be COLD! At this point, I'd kind of written off this week and hoped maybe next week would be BETTER!?

Sunday, 14 February 2021

Scroll back up and see how Sunday was supposed to be -16°C... yeah... that didn't happen.... 

Warmer on Sunday, I guess. But, with the wind, it was feeling just as cold. Amanda and I had briefly talked about going out for a walk - just to get out... but then left it a bit late and decided not to... 

So.... 

Wow... 

Yeah... 

Next week...