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Winter, then and now…

January 13, 2013 By Sage 7 Comments

I woke up to a light dusting of snow this morning.  I needed a few things from the store, and this photo of winter shopping past came to mind…

This year, my winter shopping transportation looks more like this…

 You can even see the “cold” in the light of these photos!

I love my Audrey II every bit as much as I did the day I got her!  Sometimes, it really does take going without something to see how much I appreciate it.

At this time last year, the only carpool available to me left at 6:30 am.  I was getting up at 4:30 to workout because I knew I’d be too tired to get it in after work.  I could’ve taken a later bus, but that would’ve meant a 10 minute bike ride on this end and a 20 minute walk on the other end, with asthma, in all sorts of nasty winter weather.  So, I sacrificed sleep to save myself from pneumonia.  I was a miserable, sleep deprived shell of myself.

But this year, I leave for and from work on my schedule!  A meeting across town isn’t a logistical puzzle.  It doesn’t matter that Danish class is several kilometers away and ends 45 minutes before the next bus, and 15 minutes after the last one.

I don’t have to worry about the physics of riding a bike on ice with 15 kilos of cat litter on the back!  I can go shopping at the “good” stores, I can go to the spa, I can go treasure hunting at the “far away” secondhand shops, and it doesn’t matter if it’s raining or snowing, or bitter cold!  I can wear cute shoes and pretty coats, I can even have a hairstyle ;-)

What a difference a year makes!

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  1. Carol Z says

    January 13, 2013 at 5:25 PM

    That 6:30 car pool sounds cold even from here. Have warm winter weather in NYC and honestly, I love it.

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  2. Debbie says

    January 13, 2013 at 5:54 PM

    I am happy to hear that you are no longer sleep deprived Sage. You are one tough lady to get up that early every morning! I am sure it is a joy even when you have to clean the car off from snow and ice, rather than riding the bike. :0)

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  3. Pernille Tørnqvist Hansen says

    January 13, 2013 at 7:06 PM

    Sage, I love your blog! I truely understand how exited you’re for driving in the terrible Danish weather and don’t have to ride your bike :-)

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  4. Anonymous says

    January 14, 2013 at 7:52 PM

    Sage,
    is your car named for Hepburn or little shop of horrors?
    supper cute. best regards Charles

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  5. Sage says

    January 15, 2013 at 11:56 AM

    Carol: Please send some of that warm weather to Denmark, you’re making me homesick for Connecticut!

    Debbie: I’ve never been so happy to scrape ice in my entire life! Truly a joy :)

    Thanks, Pernille :)

    Charles: I have one of each! I named my bike in homage to Miss Hepburn, then when I got my car, I couldn’t think of a more fitting name than Audrey, so I went the Little Shop of Horrors route. I love having an Audrey, and an Audrey II… and they came to me in the perfect order :)

    Thanks for taking the time to let me know you were here!

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  6. Nieve e Estrellas says

    January 16, 2013 at 3:18 PM

    Hi Sage,
    I just found your blog and have spent the past few days reading through it. Thank you for all the great recipes! I have one on deck for tonight. I thought of you this morning during my 1.5 hours-in-a-snowstorm-commute. I figured I didn’t have much to complain about because at least I wasn’t trying to ride a bike in the snow! Thanks for sharing yourself with the world.
    Sincerely,
    Dana Laviano
    New Hampshire

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  7. Sage says

    January 21, 2013 at 2:03 PM

    Hi Dana,

    Welcome, and thanks for leaving a note! I hope to hear more from you :)

    Sage

    Reply

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