Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Cold cold January in MN

This is the 3rd week I moved to MN. The extremely cold and dry weather is killing me. Driving on the snowy roads is NOT a lot of fun.

The moving process isn't over yet and there's still some stuff left in xiao's old apartment. Living in one place and paying rent for three different apartments at the same time make my January even colder, not to mention the slippery relationship with the main (or "only") reason why I relocated to MN. Going back to my home church makes me really happy even though I really miss the Chinese church and good friends in FL a lot.

About my new working environment, I'm still kind of in the "honey moon" period: Everybody around is being so nice to me and there's not much work for me to do now. My new boss is so nice that he scheduled twice-per-week meetings to help me get used to my new work. I start to get involved in two big projects since this week. The data will be in by the end of this month and I should be like a busy bee flying or spinning around, not dizzily, hopefully; no falling, please.

To be happy EVERYDAY is truly very very hard, it'd be totally different if you have a thankful heart. I keep telling myself this sentence recently.
Yes, I should be grateful and strong.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bless and wish everything is going well for you.

从冬到夏 said...

It takes time to get cozy in a new place, especially MN is so cold right now.
I think that to be happy everyday is impossible. Life should have ups and downs. Otherwise, we don't know how to appreciate what we have.
Yes, be grateful and be strong!

狒狒 said...

thx for the encouragement.

the wind chill temperature is -40 degrees (yep, 40 below zero) today. -40F = -40C degrees, so it doesn't matter it's C or F.

my whole body couldn't help shaking on my way from the car to the office although it's only about 1-minute walking distance.

hope today is the coldest day in this winter. it will start to warm up from tomorrow. oh yeah!