I was reading Norma's post this morning, and it brought to mind my long standing prejudice against February. I kind of feel guilty that I'm about to complain, since it's been such a mild winter up until this past week, but after the ass-kicking of the last 4 winters, I'm not gonna let a little bit of guilt stop me. Here's one girl's grudge against February:
1) It's cold. And it's been cold for a really freakin long time. I know that December is cold and January is even colder, but by the time February rolls around I just can't take it any longer. By this time of year I've gotten to the point where the thought of undressing to take a shower is painful. My clothes are the only thing preventing me from freezing to death and the thought of taking them off seems crazy to me. Because the air is So Cold. So are the floors. Also, I miss having feeling in my pinkie toes.
2) Static. It's cold enough and dry enough that what used to be a cute little electric shock is now a heart-stopping, flesh-rendering bolt. It hurts, and I'm sick of being afraid to take a fleece out of the dryer, to open my car door, or of brushing my hair.
3) There are no good sports on. Granted I know this is extremely biased, but I'm a Red Sox/Patriots girl, and the 4 weeks between the Super Bowl and Spring training feels like an eternity. Olympic years aside of course. They helped, a little.
4) Work sucks in February. In finance, it's by far the busiest time of year. I think in New England in general, everyone gets busy at work during February, because it's so cold and so dark that there's nothing else to do and it's all work, all the time. We've long since passed the holiday fun, and the next long weekend is Memorial Day. So far away. So, it's cold, dark, and I get home at 8pm. And since it's been dark for hours it practically feels like midnight. So late. So dark.
But now it's March, and we're only a few short weeks away from Spring! Hooray for March! I actually heard birds chirping this morning on my way to work. It was only 14 degrees out, so I don't know what kind of arctic birds they were, but they were chirping, and it was fabulous!
The birds are singing their spring songs and that's encouraging. But I hate March. It feels like it drags on forever and there's no holidays to lighten it up. At least in January we have Martin Luther King Day and in February we have President's Day and in April we have Patriot's Day. But March? We got nothing.
Posted by: Carole | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 at 11:18 AM
You can totally tell that Carole works in the school system :-)
Me being in stinkin' private school education (sounds so snobby but really isn't) we don't get all those little holidays so I truly look forward to March for two reasons. SPRING. BREAK. and it starts Friday, though my body thinks it started today.
Posted by: Kate | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 at 12:03 PM
Spring is soooo not around the corner. Talk to me in April and I may be somewhat positive. Typically, we get our worst snow storms in March, so I'm not optimistic. Although, it is one month closer to spring than February, so...
Posted by: Stephanie | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 at 12:23 PM
Yes, yes, yes, yes yes. Yes. Except the bit about sports, I don't care about sports. But the cold, oh yes! I tell myself this is peak knitting season, but it's not as comforting a thought as you might expect.
Posted by: Beth S. | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 at 01:24 PM
Oh my, I could have written all those complaints myself! I've lived in Massachusetts for my entire life and I hate the weather here! I have never been skiing, do not like the snow, hate the cold weather, and am generally very grumpy during the winter. I like March, it's the month I was born in, but I'd rather it be June.......nice and warm and sunny.
Posted by: Michelle | Wednesday, March 01, 2006 at 01:54 PM