What Now? No, it hasn't snowed here...yet. This is a pic from last year, but it shows how I feel this morning. It is in the 40's out there. The temp in the house when I woke was 64. I feel like I am moments away from hypothermia. I am to meet Doug for a paddle in a few hours, and I am thinking (it pains me to say it...but I digress) dry suit. And the leaves havent even changed yet.

I don't like putting the damn thing on, and I am always waiting for the next gasket to rip, an event that keeps me off the water for several days while repairs are made. But this cold sensitivity has been coming on all summer. When we would cool the house done to 74 I would look for a sweater. I don't know what is going on. I know my thyroid is normal (functionally only) and that I am not anemic. Could it be (dare I say it?) the old bone's syndrome?
In my long distant running days I would be out in shorts until the air got below freezing (never worried about water temps back then...but I digress...again). I laughed when Floridians came up hered in the spring and wore jackets in 60 degree weather. Coming out of winter, we would all be walking around naked in such heat.
What ever the etiology of my chilly disposition, it is my new reality, and I have little choice but to dress accordingly. But I don't have to like it.

Paddle safe...
DS