a strange sensation

no, it's not the after-effects of the King Bing...
I was outside today and I had this odd feeling- I'm sure I'd felt it before-
and then I realized-
I wasn't cold! It's pretty difficult to dredge up that feeling but after months of feeling
uncomfortably cold, with bitter winds that cut right through your clothes, it's pretty disconcerting to suddenly NOT feel that. It's like, wow, I'm outside and I'm NOT wearing thermal underwear, wool socks, and 2 sweaters! What the hell is going on?

Yesterday to celebrate the impending arrival of this new "non-coldness" - we took to the hill of Ames and went sledding, before the snow becomes a slushy mess. First in our makeshift flattened cardboard box (which worked pretty well) and then in our friends' sled, which was fun, as we went round in circles and hit icy bumps and then climbed back up the hill to do the whole thing all over again! It was similar to our snow-tubing adventure last year, but not as cold and free!
I saw a guy with his snowboard, trying to work out that hill. And some people with their pretty dog.
Now there is that big ol' sun in the sky and high time for all this snow to start to melt down into a slushy snow mess! Good times!
Also observed: one of the displays in the alcohol section of the grocery store: Dom Perignon champagne marked down from like $149.99 to $124.99, displayed alongside packages of chaser (allegedly prevents hangovers)
I don't know what the pairing up suggests, just thought it was noteworthy.