My (Rather Negative) Feelings About Winter

It's 37 degrees outside and rainy with a little sleet thrown in for good measure. I'm not giving you a weather report for your health. I'm giving you one to set up what is about to be a major rant against winter. It's been cold since Christmas afternoon (please note that I consider anything below 70 degrees cold). We've seen the sun a couple times, but mostly we've seen clouds and wind (well not seen it but felt it) and cold temperatures.

Now, I know those of you that live where it's really cold will think I'm a wimp. I am. I'm the mother of all wimps when it comes to cold weather. But I live in Central Texas y'all. And while I don't love sweltering heat, I'll take it over 40 degrees any day. I also don't mind the rain, but why can't it rain and be warm? Huh? Why I ask? Why does it ever have to be cold and miserable?

I find this weather miserable, gloomy, and un-motivating. The only thing I'm motivated to do is to sit in the rocking chair and read. So this morning I turned on all the lights, yes, I'm wasting energy, and I opened all the blinds in an attempt to brighten things up and "let a little sunshine in" so to speak. If this doesn't work, we're moving to Hawaii. The land of eternal summer . . .

But here's what we (and by "we" I mean "I") really need. I need spring. I need sunshine, and warmth, and evening thunderstorms. I need to plant a garden and dig around in the dirt and see things grow. I need to be able to go for a run and sweat and not have all of my appendages become numb.

The good news is, we only have about two months of real winter in our part of Texas, and there will, hopefully, be some warm, spring-like days thrown in those two months. So there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but for all of you folks who live with long, dark winters, I'm sorry. I don't know how the heck you do it!