It feels like most of my days now consist of either reading papers, writing assignments, or lectures. Since this weekend, Winter has come: it's around -15 degrees outside (0 Fahrenheit) during the day and there's a couple of inches of snow.
I was just back in Michigan and it was about 40° F outside. It felt very, very cold. It already looks like winter, all the leaves were off of the trees etc. It was very interesting driving back home, to North Carolina. Each state became progressively warmer and more colorful. Right now, the autumn colors are still vibrant in the trees and it's about 60° outside. It was nice to return home. However, I have a lot of work ahead of me this weekend blowing leaves etc. I have a large dead tree in my backyard that needs to come down. It's beyond my expertise and I have to hire someone. Guess how much it cost to take down a tree?
I feel like when I come back home, I'll be so used to the Arctic temperatures here that I'll just walk in a t-shirt there. We had a similar situation with a tree back home. It was already cut down but the last bit of trunk and the roots needed to be removed. That was way more expensive than I'd thought.