“Brrrrrr….Baby, It’s Cold Outside!”
Well what a better way to start this off than saying, “It’s COLD out there!!” As all of you know it has been in the negative degree weather here in Rochester, MN for the past couple of days. Just this morning it hit a nice frost biting -22° F. I know this is a hot topic right now…but I am not accustomed to this weather and don’t even think half of you from here are either. I have now been a Rochesterian for almost three years now and it is still something to get used to.
This is where my Mexican South Texas Self comes out and hollers, “What are you doing in Rochester!! Your toes almost fell off yesterday and you can’t even feel your nose!” I also have been getting non-stop calls from family and friends who are wondering if I am still alive. Let this be evidence for my living existence to the world 
. Fortunately, I just think of how great it will be to get my doctorate degree from Mayo and how honored and proud I will be to have lasted in Rochester for so long. I also am currently very jealous of the students and friends I have at the Mayo Scottsdale and Jacksonville sites.
So what do I do to keep myself warm and “healthy”? Well you need to actually go out there and DO something. For example, today I am getting dinner and going to a movie with my friend Monica (this of course is an inside activity). I am also in a winter volleyball league that keeps me warm and do my best to keep up my exercise routine at the awesome Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center. Soon I will be learning how to snow board with my “lab mates” and hope I won’t break any bones.
The point of this blog is to allow you to scratch off the worry about coming to Mayo Clinic for graduate or medical school in Rochester due to weather living concerns. If I can survive coming from living in San Antonio’s summer’s 100°F weather, you can survive here too. I think there are many other important reasons to apply or choose Mayo as your school of higher education!!! (Also don’t forget there are two other sites you may choose from also.)
So as a request for all other foreigners, minorities, ethnicity’s, and thin blooded people out there, let me know what you do to keep warm during these dreadful times………………
Watch: Winter in Minnesota video.
Jess
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January 16, 2009 at 5:38 pm
This is even cold for those of us originally from MN!
January 18, 2009 at 12:36 pm
Thats pretty funny. This isn’t the first time I have heard this from people who are from this area. I’m glad I am not the only one who feels this way.
On the other hand, a very nice friend of mine, Mrs. Dugger, who is happily at Mayo Jacksonville,FL said it wasn’t cold there…….thanks darling.
January 19, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Well said Jess. I agree that it is cold but the key is to get out and do something and remembering to layer up. You can never have enough warm socks and thermos!
January 19, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Thanks Ruth, I also had to buy a really nice heavy down jacket…this I think was key including covering my head and neck. Fortunately, my boyfriends mom knits beautiful and colorful scarfs and beenies for me every year!
January 20, 2009 at 10:52 am
Well, I know that for the past couple of days it has been extremely cold but now do you feel like spring is around the corner. Come on, I know that it is only above 0 degree but it sure feels like 40 F outside right now.
January 20, 2009 at 11:09 am
Ya…it’s pretty funny. Soon we will be seeing people wearing shorts and t-shirts when it hits 25 F outside. Compared to the negative degrees we have seen it surely feels pretty warm!
August 22, 2009 at 3:11 pm
It’s been so cool thank you
September 19, 2009 at 12:10 am
To be honest, I really don’t know anything about Outside! and I know something new today from that post. Really nice information for me. Thanks.