More Proof That My Brain Is Weird
Odd thing happened to me today.
I walked to the store and somewhere in the store I lost my sunglasses which usually keep glare from the sun from overloading me. On the way back I had gotten warm from the exercise, so I took my jacket off (I was wearing a T-shirt and sweat pants). I was thinking mostly about how the glare from the sun was so annoying and how I was going to have to be careful not to walk into traffic; and while I noticed it was a little cold, with a strong wind, I didn't think very much about the temperature.
So here I was in my T-shirt and sweat pants, walking home and not feeling very cold at all. (The walk is about one-and-a-half miles.) I'm not usually bothered that much by cold, but when it's actually snowing, I do have to put on a sweater... except for today. Today I didn't notice how cold it was at all until I started getting hit by some fat snowflakes!
You know how when you're in overload, your brain will shut down extraneous functions, kind of the way if you overload a computer, one or more of the programs will freeze? I think that must've happened to me.
I got back home and, out of curiosity, took my temperature. Core body temperature was 101.4 degrees (that's a slight fever, consistent with exercise). I can only assume my brain was thinking, "Whoa! All this crazy data coming in from the eyes--I've got to drop something! Let's ignore the temperature sensors and just ratchet up her body temperature to make sure she doesn't freeze."
The temperature, according to my favorite weather site, was above freezing; but it was still cold enough for snow flurries.
I walked to the store and somewhere in the store I lost my sunglasses which usually keep glare from the sun from overloading me. On the way back I had gotten warm from the exercise, so I took my jacket off (I was wearing a T-shirt and sweat pants). I was thinking mostly about how the glare from the sun was so annoying and how I was going to have to be careful not to walk into traffic; and while I noticed it was a little cold, with a strong wind, I didn't think very much about the temperature.
So here I was in my T-shirt and sweat pants, walking home and not feeling very cold at all. (The walk is about one-and-a-half miles.) I'm not usually bothered that much by cold, but when it's actually snowing, I do have to put on a sweater... except for today. Today I didn't notice how cold it was at all until I started getting hit by some fat snowflakes!
You know how when you're in overload, your brain will shut down extraneous functions, kind of the way if you overload a computer, one or more of the programs will freeze? I think that must've happened to me.
I got back home and, out of curiosity, took my temperature. Core body temperature was 101.4 degrees (that's a slight fever, consistent with exercise). I can only assume my brain was thinking, "Whoa! All this crazy data coming in from the eyes--I've got to drop something! Let's ignore the temperature sensors and just ratchet up her body temperature to make sure she doesn't freeze."
The temperature, according to my favorite weather site, was above freezing; but it was still cold enough for snow flurries.