Paralyzed

Cold weather is not my friend. I just don't operate well when it gets cold outside. I think it's kind of weird how much it impacts me. I know Southern California is many degrees warmer and sunnier than most places this time of year, but sometimes I still feel like a human popsicle. Most of the time I don't like to stay home, I look for excuses to get out and do things, and go places. Once the cold weather hits though, I turn into a hermit. It takes a lot of persuading to get myself out of the house. I've started skipping all kinds of social events and church activities (especially church events, our building feels like an igloo), because I just can't seem to muster up the motivation to leave my home and venture out into the cold. Today for instance, I woke up and was planning on going into work to check my email early. Didn't happen. Instead I found myself downstairs eating cottage cheese and watching a tivoed episode of Magnum PI. I was finally forced to go to work for a bit in the afternoon. When I came home I returned to my spot on the couch and stayed there until around 9 when I was finally able to pry myself off the couch, and get myself out the door to the gym. One of my roommates was asking me what the deal is, and why I just seem to be here all the time all of the sudden. I told her it's because I suffer from cold weather paralysis, and I can't move my limbs efficiently enough to leave very often. The sunny days like today are the worst, it looked so deceptively warm and inviting out there.