Jack Frost nipping at your nose

What is it about cold that actually hurts when it hits you? I'm sure there's a scientific rational for it. I'm sure.

My office is pretty much constantly cold. The front door doesn't seal all the way, so there is a draft in the foyer, and the only thing that seperates the foyer from me is a window... a sliding window with no insulation. It's drafty and cold. This I've grown accustomed to. I wear an extra jacket at pretty much all times. I have a blanket I curl up in, my boss is going to get  me space heater for Christmas, the matienance guys are looking at fixing the door (also a Christmas pressent?) This cold doesn't bother me that much any more. 
Walking into the hallway, though, there was a slight breeze of cool air and I felt every inch of my body twich in pain. The cold, the air, sent chills through me that literally hurt. I wanted to drop to the floor right then and curl into a ball to warm up.  That would have been completely pointless, because the breeze would continue to chill me.

I think that it has to do with the fact that cold is just the absence of heat.  Cold is the absence. And absence hurts.

Oh scientifically the pain is due to the contraction of blood vessals to control the flow of blood to your skin to maintain a constant central body heat... 

But the lingering feeling of loss that comes with that chill, that's from the absence.

My Own Sweet Time - Hanson (someday I'll pull out a song not Hanson... but my ipod has decided the first 16 songs of this "Shuffle All Songs" play list should be Hanson... well ok then.)

Hello, goodbye my friend
Feels like the start all over again
But I'd rather not pretend
There aren't things still left to mend
Somebody break my fall
I'm slipping down all over again

I'd do it all over
Taking my own sweet time
I may make it slower
But I'm taking my own sweet time
I'm taking my own sweet...

Tell me where I begin
You can't deny what's already been
I won't break but I can bend
Shaping the scars that I can't mend
Feel your fingers around my throat
There's nothing but bones beneath my skin
Somebody break my fall
I'm slipping down all over again

I'd do it all over
Taking my own sweet time
I may make it slower
But I'm taking my own sweet time
I'm taking my own sweet...

I'd do it all over
Taking my own sweet time
I'm taking my own sweet time
I'd do it all over again, my friend

Say my friend
You know I'd do it all over again...
Again

Hello, goodbye my friend
Until we start all over again
Somebody break my fall
I'm slipping down all over again

I'd do it all over
Taking my own sweet time
I may make it slower
But I'm taking my own sweet time
I'm taking my own sweet...

I'd do it all over
Taking my own sweet time
I'm taking my own sweet...
I may make it slower
But i'm taking my own sweet time
I'm taking my own sweet time
Over again
Ahhh do it all over
Hello goodbye my friend
Until we start all over...
Start all over again
Say do it all over again
Do it all over
Hello goodbye my friend
Until we start all over
Start all over
Oh i'll do it all over again
You know i'd do it all over again

Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do(until it fades)