The Michael Swayne Story V: King of his Castle

It is so cold in the house that the fire isn't doing anything other than making me angry. It isn't the fire itself that's the problem. It's the fact the wood stove isn't sending the heat to the rest of the house. But I guess that maybe it is, but when the air hitting the house is way below freezing temperature (currently it's -5°F/-21°C without factoring in the wind), it makes the house a whopping 56°F/13°C. It sucks a lot because I wanted to play more Grand Theft Auto III in my room, but it is so cold in there that my fingers aren't functioning properly. I had to do Bomb Da Base: Act II several times because my fingers wouldn't control the sniper rifle's controls properly. So that's why I am typing this up on the laptop near the stove. I'm hoping that the battery and other things on the laptop get really warm so I won't be so cold.

U is feeling the cold temperatures as well. Normally he stretches out when he sleeps on me. Right now though, he is curled up in a ball between my legs. He has some uses, I guess. At least my calf muscles are warm right now.

I had a moment of panic this morning. This morning I went outside to feed Luca, my dog, just like I do every morning. I had a bowl of food and a gallon of water. The gate to her area was frozen from the ice and cold the night before, so I poured some of the water on the latch to unfreeze it so I could get in. In the time it took me to put the food in her food bowl and pour the water in her water bowl (about two minutes), the wet latch had already refrozen. When I went to let myself out, I wasn't able to leave.

Immediately, I started to panic. I mean, I was stuck outside with no one around to help me. My thought process went straight to methods of keeping warm. The only way I could get out of the cold was if I were to climb in Luca's house. That wouldn't be a problem if she wasn't obsessed with climbing all over me and licking my face. Besides, I haven't been able to get through the door of her house in ten years.

So while I was keeping the wind from going in the doghouse with Luca inside, I thought of ways to get out. The fence is too high to climb, and my fingers were already too cold to grasp things, so that's out. I tried pouring more water on the latch, but it didn't work. Then it hit me. Use the big stick that Luca is always playing with. It's more of a club, really. Anyway, I started beating the ice off the latch, being careful not to break the latch itself. Finally, the ice was off enough to free me from my frozen prison.

So that was my morning. The only time I was actually warm today was when I took a shower. If I didn't have to worry about the cost of water or running out of hot water in the water heater, I would probably still be in there now. But I am instead trying to be warm near the fire. But again, it's not working.

I was also wanting to work on the two RPs I am in. I could work on them, but my posts are so tied in with the images I have created that I would have to go back to my and transfer them over to the laptop. Which would necessarily help with the one RP, because it is that character card I showed you all a while back. It changes as I defeat more enemies and gain experience. Oh well.

I am not without things to do. I did bring my Nintendo DS and Pokémon Black 2. I am about to take on the first Gym in the game. I decided to go the Water-Type only route when choosing which Pokémon I want. I have Oshawott, Azurill, and Psyduck on my team. I hope I do well in this first Gym.

Anyway, that's all for now. I hope to see you around the forums, and until then...

Later!

Michael

PS, if I don't post an entry tomorrow, it is safe to say that I am a frozen block of ice.