Changing a tire in sub-freezing weather's gotta be hell, especially after hand surgery. Hope you don't have any major setbacks. Good job though, bro.

When I lived in NW Indiana my car used to sleep outside. Once I came back from vacation (in P.R.) and found my car with a flat tire. As I was changing it I couldn't help but marveling at how the damn thing stayed in pancake shape, even in the trunk. A flat frozen solid. Another story was when I first moved up there. Got a used car and tried to put on the license plate while waiting for my wife to come out of the grocery store. It was some kind of subzero temperature, and I couldn't be two minutes without my gloves. WITH the gloves, I couldn't negotiate the plate screws properly...... and WITHOUT the gloves, I didn't have enough time before my hands became two blocks of ice. I ended up slamming the license plate into the trunk of the car, and praying I wouldn't get stopped on the way home. Next day it was less cold, and I was able to do the menial job.