The cold has taken over everything .About the only thing people are happy about weather wise is that there's no snow .Southerners may hate the cold but despise the snow since we don't get much and in parts don't get any .A drop of snow turns most into helpless children .But it is cooooooooooold and it's taken over life. Like our terrible heat waves or rain storms it's affecting everything all around . Local and national news are full of horror stories about the cold as well as also advice on how to deal with it .You see how it's really affecting people on there faces both outside and in doors.On the street everyone seems to be suffering and preoccupied with just getting where there going . The faces are red ( when you can see them since many are wrapped in scarfs ) and forget about anyone saying hiÂ
. When folks first come inside they still have the brutal weather on there face and aren't automatically in a good mood usually complaining about the cold .It takes awhile for them to thaw out 
.Hot toddies and hot chocolate were selling real good last nite at the hotel , almost as if they were medicine for folks to help dethaw themselves .With the cold weather comes all sorts of other bad things ..........some fires caused by bad space heaters people use trying to keep warm or the stupid use of them like this one woman who had her right near the curtains and no surprise they caught fire. Also some schools were closed since they don't want the kids outside in such bad weather . Many cars won't start either, gas station owners and tow truck drivers are really cleaning up .Many people are getting colds , including moi .Will be interesting to hear what Karin has to say about what coldness related things she saw in the e-room. At times like these they usually find the bodies of poor homeless people caught outside who couldn't make it to a shelter and froze to death .
The cold weathers affected moi in a few ways .First being the cold ( am sneezing a lot ) then the whole thing of dressing to stay warm which has been quite the ordeal . Then also what I call the revolt of the cats at home , particularly the high strung and demanding Agatha .Goodness me was she upset but a genius at communication .
Taking the advice from so many experts and anchor people on tv and the radio I bundled up before going out yesterday , did a lot of layering . So much so I must have looked like THE MICHELIN MAN and was sweating after just walking down the hallway from our apartment to the front door . Moi was a my pink ball hat to keep my head warm since ( do need to pick up a wool or polar fleece hat ) a scarf across my face as if I was a armed robber trying to hide my identity , red nylon knee length coat that was pretty useless since the cold seemed to pass right thru it into my bones , a wool sweater ,turtleneck ( at least my neck stayed warm ) Cami , wool slacks ,undies ,and 2 pair of pantyhose and socks in the gum shoe that have a wool lining . Naturally the first thing I heard about when getting to work was the cold ,everyone had there own horror story . Undressing and then getting into my uniform took sometime too. I had to strip down to my undies then starting with the pantyhose get all dressed again 
. Once I finished I felt much liter then I had been in the outfit I had worn to stay warm .Although right away thought of how I will have to go thru the whole big process again when I leave having to get dressed up in the stay warm clothes before going outside to deep freeze ............ 
The cold was all around all nite at work .People would come in all red from being outside , some of the staff wanted permission to run out and start there cars to male sure they wudn't freeze up , the doorman lost his gloves so went into lost found and got him a mismatched pair of one black leather glove and purple wool glove that despite the clash he didn't mind since they kept his hands warmÂ
  Most serious was security finding 2 homeless people in the stairwell .Did sympathize with there wanting to stay warm but they couldn't stay or I'd get in trouble and as much sympathy as you may have for those lost souls do know they can cause trouble .So kept them in the security office till the police showed up to take them to a shelter. 
Getting dressed up again was indeed quite the process but worth it , good lord was it cold when I left at 1:30AMÂ 
I was so happy to get home but after getting out of the bundle of clothes into a flannel nite gown noticed how Agatha the cat was screeching away at me about something with Fritz the alpha male meowing too but with Agatha definitely being the most talkative. She gets that way when she's mad or wants something . maybe more cat food ? Then I spotted it, a clump of body waste right by our bed .Right away I knew it was the work of Agatha since in addition to her screeching whenever she gets upset about something whether it's a full litter box or anything left on the floor ( she's really picked up Karin's cleanliness/neatness is god attitude
) she drops then lets us know about it . She just stood there by it screeching away ..............even as I went to the kitchen to get cleaning stuff she flowed me screeching .I gave them more food and even check the liter boxes but all the time our tiny little white , black & brown goddess in her own mind was still screeching way . Then after cleaning while washing my hands it came to me she din't like the fact the heat was turned down in the unit . Thats a big thing with me to save money , seems stupid to what a empty house and to have the temperature up there when your sleeping . Fritz was now meowing at moi in a angry way too. Soooooooooooooooo for the sake of peace in the family I turned the heat up .I felt like a real dumb ass for wimping out to my cats and spending more money to please them . But after the heat rose they got quite and went to sleep curled up at the foot of the bed of old blanket we leave there for them . This morning there normal , am I wrong but this morning does Agatha have this look of triumph in her eyes ..............
TBH I enjoyd the heat too, when Karin's not home I have the heat so low I usually sleep in a jackets at times sweat pants too which can not be too comfy .Today .....................Karin will be home late since she's where I work picking up a easy $ 200 doing blood pressure checks . Moi will stay around till she's home after lunch then head out to the coffee boutique where they keep it real warm
.Plan to wear the charcoal gray turtleneck sweater and thick black wool skirt from the MARILYN KING COLLECTION along with a white cami undies, & off black support pantyhose and black socks & black boots . At work the navy blue pant suit uniform and black heels !
We're having a dinner guest tomorrow , Christophe the incredibly hot and we think very good guy who used to work security at the hotel .We have big plans , who knows we may even get to eat some of Karin's famous spaghetti and garlic bread . But will definitely feast upon his Haitian manhood , le Penis ala Haitian 
. I also saw Rainy the hooker who a regular john proposed to the other week .Down in the security office after reading her the automatic riot act about not coming in anymore or she'll be arrested ( which all the girls ignore ) asked why she is still on the street since she has a man with money ? She just smiled laffing going on how she always needs that extra cash .Moi can relate to that feeling for sure but do think she's risking security for pocket change ................ 
Still had fun having a great work getting all limbered up that I'm sure will come in useful later today . 
At about 8PM Christophe came into the hotel with a couple of male army buddys to a Obama inauguration party and to say good -bye to some friends who work there. Although a proud to say NOT as emotionally as well as deeply and firmly as he'd said good-bye to me 
..I don't want to flush myself down the john . 
. Also I didn't have too since he saw enough of what I have to deal with in the time we were together .In 90 minutes alone had a car accident in the drive thru , a off -duty sheriff from a collar county and local police came to impound a employee's car which involved some yelling ,the construction workers moving the escalator , a mistake in assigning a ballroom for a private function that nite , and discovering peeling wallpaper in the lobbys of several of the upper floors . Near the end he said I was actually like a juggler handling several things at once and laffing when he said it .Too true ! 
CYBIL SHEPARD is back too , completely hamming it up which gives us the idea she's doing the show as a joke .