Of wendigos and buffeting winds

[alee_grrl]

Windy just doesn't quite cut it in describing the current weather. Blasting winds might be a better term. These are the sorts of winds that do not howl around the house, but batter the house--a ceaseless buffeting that leaves no doubt why folk tales spoke of malevolent winds and wendigos. Add in the cutting cold that flowed from the walls with each blast, and it is not terribly surprising that sleep was difficult last night.

My bed is up against the outer wall (only place to really put it in the room I've got), and normally this does not bother me because I prefer a cold room when I sleep. Plus I have a nice toasty electric mattress pad (basically one giant heating pad), and that is a great way to get the sheets warm before climbing into bed. Normally I turn the heating pad off once I'm in bed, but last night I left it on very low for most of the night. I wrapped one of a super soft fleece blanket around my pillow as I usually sleep with a hand under the pillow and that hand kept getting cold (as did my nose). Having the fleece blanket over and around the pillow gave me nice warm nooks to tuck my hands, and kept my face a little warmer. I detest sleeping with things covering my head, so just sleeping under the covers doesn't work well for me.

I did get some sleep despite the cold and the wind, but it was a tense sort of night and I woke up feeling a little extra achy and sore today. Thankfully I have no intention of going anywhere today and plan on curling up with fanfiction and other forms of entertainment today.

Comments

[sperrywink]

It has been very cold here too. Luckily we had some wind, and the house rattled every now and then, it wasn't as bad as you had.

Have a good, warm day reading!

[alee_grrl]

Thank you! It is a perfect day to cozy up with my lovely assortment of teas. :D

[lynnoconnacht]

May you enjoy the curling up with all the sorts of entertainment! <3

*good, warming thoughts*

[alee_grrl]

Thank you. It has been a lovely, quiet day filled with fanfic and nice hot cups of tea, plus a nice warm shower. Hot water is such a wondrous thing.

[untonuggan]

The cats have been a tad unsettled by the wind, what with the whole loudness of it. Also, Chance is more of a "sleep by your feet or in a cat hutch or on laps at the computer" cat, but this morning he was wedged between partner and I. So, yup.

Hope the weather doesn't affect your joints too much! <3

[alee_grrl]

Our animals are very happy with all have bed warmers so they have toasty spots to sleep. :)

I'm achy, but not unbearably so. Hope you aren't too adversely affected. <3

[sulien]

Sounds like you had quite a blow back east; winds high enough to make an entire house shake and groan really are terrifying. I'm just glad that you didn't wind up with damage to the house and worse with those winds. I hope the weather has calmed sufficiently that you actually get some sleep tonight. I also hope that you feel better tomorrow, heavy storms never do good things for achy bones.

Still love that icon! I always pictured that creature as the Balrog when I read The Lord of the Rings, the only thing it's missing is flames.

[alee_grrl]

Thankfully we're in a row of townhouses and slightly recessed, so while it was loud nothing seems to have been damaged. There is trash in the backyard that got blown in, but so far that seems to be the worst of it.

I was able to get some sleep last night, which was good. Still a bit achy this morning, but better than yesterday.

I hadn't really thought of it, but yes the Bald Mountain demon does pretty much resemble how I pictured the Balrog. :)