Aftering feeding the dogs this morning, I put on my scarf, hat, gloves and zipped up my coat. I gathered books that needed to be returned to the library, my camera and camera bag and headed outside. It was very cold and windy. I wanted to get to my car as fast as possible. The problem was I couldn't.
One of the latches on the gate was frozen. While holding my books, camera and keys, I tried to get the gate latch open several times. It just wouldn't move. After a couple of minutes I gave up and walked back into the house. To actually get to my car I had to go through my house, out of the front door and down the driveway.
I pressed unlock on my key fab and grabbed the handle on the passenger side door. Nothing. The door was frozen. I tried again. But no luck. I had to put down my books, camera and camera bag and use my body to open the door. I hit the door with my hips and butt a couple of times, the door finally opened. After scraping the windows on my car, I tried to open the driver's side door. It was frozen like the passenger side. This side was easier. It only required two taps with my hips to open.
Right now the temperature outside is 9 degrees, with the wind chill -10 degrees. Who knows how cold it was this morning when I was leaving for work. I have one question: how long until spring?
1 comment:
Frozen car doors are awful. This morning I accidently hit the unlock button for my car's trunk, which meant the latch popped, but the trunk didn't open. Because it was frozen. And I couldn't open it to reclose it. So I rode around the my "door open" light on in my car all morning.
I'm ready for it to get warmer. Or at least above zero.
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