Its a Witchy-Doomy kind of thing

My sister, who I live with, thought she couldn't get the vaccine because she doesn't have insurance.

Smack

Sick in bed doodle.

Forgive my shakey hands.

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Hey everyone!

I am inactive on this blog, but thought it would be the best bet for asking for help to attend graduate school this upcoming fall. I was recently accepted into Vanderbilt’s graduate program for secondary education, an opportunity I do not want to miss out on (given it is one of the best programs in the country for education). I have a scholarship that will help me pay for tuition - but do not have the funds to pay for room/board, food, a car, etc.

I work full time right now and plan to take on an additional job both now and over the summer to prepare. I have already started applying for jobs in the Nashville area and am hoping to hear back soon.

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The important thing about wool is that it continues to keep you warm even when it’s soaking wet.

Other natural fibers don’t do this. In fact, quite the opposite. Campers and boaters are usually familiar with the phrase, “cotton kills.” If you’re wet in cotton or linen, your clothes actually sap heat from your body.

If you sink in a lake in late October like I did today, staying warm is important. I was rescued long before I would’ve actually died, but cold makes your muscles seize up, which isn’t good if you have to swim to land.

Which brings me around to life jackets. If the water’s cold enough, you may only have five-ten minutes until your muscles seize (today I probably had 40-60, more than enough time to get to land if I hadn’t been picked up), and you’ll drown.

In a life jacket, even in extremely cold water, you can float semi-conscious for perhaps another 30 minutes or so before you actually freeze to death, which is usually when someone rescues you.

What’s more, you probably know that moving around on land warms you up. Jumping jacks, jogging in place, etc.

In water, moving actually makes you colder. You need to stay still curled up in a ball, which you can only do in a life jacket.

In wool AND life jacket, you’re warm, and your head’s above water, which is pretty much your only and entire goal.

Yep! A really simple “experiment” I learned as a kid and now use in my own courses is sticking your hand in ice water. Compare moving it around in the water to curling it up in a fist. The contrast is stark!

To increase your survival time in on cold water, you want to curl up! If you’re with others, you want to huddle!