It's been a while since I put anything on here, but that's reflective of the pace of winter in the Midwest. Everything just seems to drag along, and most days don't really offer much worthy of comment. The best way I've found to describe Midwest winters is to just say that you let them happen to you. It'll be over when it's over. This is never more true than during what I always think of as the Black Hole phase of the year: the Holidays are over, football season's over, baseball season is still weeks (if not months) away, and it still gets dark around 5 PM.
And, of course, it's colder than CRAP!
So, you can catch up on your reading, see those movies you've been wanting to see, re-connect with old friends on sites like Facebook, or you can pursue any number of other sedentary activites that don't involve frostbite or running your car into a ditch somewhere.
I didn't have much to say when I started this, but I was hoping it would brighten up a little as I went along. So far, it doesn't seem to be happening for me. It's really not THAT bad, but days like this sure do inspire some cabin fever.
It might help if it weren't true that I can count the number of days THIS YEAR that I've seen the Sun on the fingers of one hand, and have fingers left over. Or if we'd had a continuous 24-hour period in the last 3 months with no snow on the ground. But neither of those things are true. I understand that this is Illinois, and that this is late January, but jeez!
Forgive me for this entry's being a total bummer. Believe me, as soon as something interesting or funny happens, I'll be all over it. In the meantime, I just felt like I should do this post as a "message in a bottle" to assure folks that I'm still kicking. At least the furnace works and everybody's healthy. I guess for now, I'm going to indulge in the most exciting part of the day...
I'm gonna go to the post Office and check the mail!
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