I always liked the idea of January. The Christmas craziness is over. A fresh new year is beginning. It seems like it should be a time to breathe a sigh of relief while contemplating new possibilities and the approach of Spring.The usual reality of January has its drawbacks, however. It's cold. It invariably snows. And, for me, the end-of-the-year bookkeeping and tax form filings for my husband's company must get done.
This January, though, it's been remarkably warm.
This January, the piddly snowfall we had on the 21st was our first since October.
This January, I got all that 2011 paperwork done in one afternoon.
And as if all that weren't enough, this January is in a Presidential election year! (I am nerdy enough to get irrationally exuberant over debates and polls and primaries).
It's taken until the 24th to realize and appreciate what a lovely January it's actually been. If my family didn't have so many good things to look forward to in February, I'd kind of like January to stick around for another month.
2 comments:
I've been having some trouble getting through January. My little grandson had a birthday - that was fun! But otherwise, January has been dragging on for me. Some snow would probably make things interesting!
You sound like my youngest daughter! She keeps wishing it would snow (right before a school day, of course!).
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