I can’t believe it. We are well into February, and the newness is beginning to wear off 2010. I have already forgotten one important birthday, all of us at home have been through two rounds of colds/flu, and I for one, am ready for a vacation. I keep telling myself that I’ve been back at work for only 3 weeks this year, but its not convincing enough. I need a vacation. I miss my mom. I want some TLC.
My daughter came to me a couple of days ago, asking, “Mom, do I really need to go to school? I’m bored of going to school, I’ve been going for sooo long.”
I think that about sums it up. Its that time of the year when we’ve had enough. Enough of winter. Enough of the daily blah. From September on, it’s the excitement of the new school year, followed by fall and Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year….. What is left is taking down the Christmas tree and the outdoor lights (hopefully by Easter), buckling down to steady work with no respite in sight…. A month of that, and we are ready to cry “Uncle”.
We need something around end-February, something to raise our spirits. I wouldn’t say no to a nice carnival with lots of noise and laughter and cheer to raise our spirits and dispel the lingering gloom of winter, which, alas, looks well-entrenched. Sitting by the fireplace, sipping hot cider, reading a good book, is fine – for December. By late February, its like : Let there be (more) light. Let there be more warmth, and sunshine, and flowers and something fresh and green. Away with the slushy murky piles of blackened snow, indestructible edifices of winter!
Oh, well, I am going to go warm myself some red wine, [http://dreamingofwinter.blogspot.com/2009/08/gluhwein-recipe.html] switch on the TV, stack all my study material next to me…. And watch the snow piling up in Washington DC. More of the white stuff – Ugh!
More wine, please.
Hey…I am feeling exactly like the way you write…I can understand with a lot of snow & stuff….you must be feeling blue…me with sun & everything….! But surprisingly Jan is colder in Bangalore than Dec ever was…!
As ususal, reading your blog made the spirits rise and generally left me feeling that the world is a good place! You couldn’t have said it better. In any case, the ground hog’s made his prediction…and winter should be over in six weeks. I live in eternal hope!