The Polar Vortex is Upon Us

It's been cold around here.  Real cold.  Disturbingly cold!  The Polar Vortext (or PV as I have nicknamed it) arrived right after Christmas and it's here to stay until at least next Monday. (Oh, and it's going to snow on Thursday so that will be great.)

This was the forecast this morning. You think -21 can't be real, but it was.  I went out this morning. It was negative a whole lot of awfulness!  No one wants that.

It's really put a damper on this vacation because you can't really do much outside.  It's made getting my coffee in the morning a real challenge.  I'm learning to manage- you really need to wear two pairs of pants and put your earmuffs on the outside of your hood to seal everything up. (Thank God I got this new puffy coat on Black Friday because I would be totally screwed without it.)

JO and I did manage to go out to the movies a few times, and even had dinner at Desfina's, my beloved Greek restaurant but even that didn't come without issues.  We did have an unfortunate Uber mistake when we typed in Kendall Square and not Kendall Square Cinema as our drop off and had to walk several blocks in the Arctic Tundra to get to the theater.  I came pretty close to turning into a popsicle.  

The PV makes for really bad hair days and fashion dilemmas galore and I'm seriously frightened of all the indoor recesses awaiting us when we get back to school.