For a couple of days every year we get cold weather. Last year was extreme with a week of snow. Let’s hope we don’t get that this year. This morning when I just came to work I took a look for the fun of it… yeah, it was colder in East Texas than in Stockholm, Sweden!

Even though it is close in temperature this doesn’t show the windchill which makes it so much colder. And here in Texas it is a different cold than it is in Sweden.

I have always said that it also has to do with expectations. You expect it to be cold in Sweden at this time of the year so you are automatically mentally prepared. But Texas is more connected with heat than this so you don’t have that automized mental preparation for it.

This round has been very very rough for me. As you may know, I have very low blood pressure and when it gets this cold my body really struggles with keeping warm. I have to have a lot of layers which is not a problem. But to go from a warm truck out in the freezing cold and back into warm is very rough. Over and over again my body is trying to adjust to the changes and it has to compensate left and right. I get worn out very easily. Not only does it make me tired but the pain in my body and the headache that comes with it is sometimes very hard to get rid of.

I was sitting in the truck today around lunchtime and it was like my body had enough. We had been posting for a while and I had taken a 5 minute nap. When I woke up I was shaking like a leaf. I was nauseous and a little dizzy. Not a situation I liked. I had to get out of the truck to move around to see if that helped. I had some leftover food (cold mashed potato) that I ate so I could take some vasoconstrictor to get the blood pressure up again. I walked around a little even if it was cold but I just had to do something. And it took about an hour until I finally felt okay. Thankfully we didn’t get a call during this time, that would have been very challenging. I would have pulled through but it’s not fun to fight to get through when you feel miserable. I am also one of those who don’t want to show how bad I feel so very often people around have no clue about the situation. As long as I don’t put anyone in danger, I will always fight.

Came home from work and I am so tired. No wonder huh… It will be an early bed tonight. One more day of work but even though it will be cold in the morning it’s supposed to be in the 60s around lunch which is okay. I am so done with cold weather. There is a reason for me moving from Sweden… I’m not into these temperatures anymore!!!