In The Deep Freeze

Winter decided to show up the first of March. She's been absent all season, but that's good considering out heat has gone out twice this winter and was out for a week the last time. If it had been this cold then, we would have left here and gone to a hotel. The heat is working today, but it's cold enough in this study to need an electric heater as well. 

Watched The Hurt Locker last night and was discussing it and the novel The Naked and The Dead, and I started crying. Then my nose started bleeding. That's two nights in a row of nosebleeds. I usually have one every winter, most likely from the dry heat in the house, but I'm not sure. They are terrifying!  I don't care how many times I've had one, I get so scared. That blood just keeps coming, and then the clots, and then I think I'm stroking out or something horrible is wrong.  Today, I'm still all stopped up (like always), and I want to blow my nose, but I am not going to. If I have any more nosebleeds this winter, I am calling my doctor.  I don't know if my blood pressure is up, but from what I have read, there is no conclusive proof that high blood pressure (outside of a hypertensive crisis situation) causes a nosebleed.  I just get so freaked out!

I did take a few beautiful pics at sunset last night. I shared one on Instagram and will share it here. I need to go walk, but I am concerned that my nose will start bleeding. I'll just take it slow and take some paper towels. Walking is not vigorous physical activity, so it should be fine.

That's it for now.