Warm Thoughts Dim January's Chill
Raise your hand if you like the month of January.
I, for one, really wish it would disappear.
Take these thoughts into consideration when deciding on which side of the fence you belong on this point. January is cold and gray. When it snows in January it really snows! Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanza are all over. All you have left now are the bills from too much celebrating.
A new Congress is sworn in in January. While this is exciting for the officials and their family and friends, it always creates speculation on what will take place with this new set of lawmakers.
This January we have the added bonus of watching hundreds of thousands of our best and brightest deployed to lands far away with the uncertainty of what all of this will mean. Back home, only days after the New Year began, gas prices rose more than thirty cents per gallon. It seems that all we have to do is have the possibility of war where oil is produced and the price of oil already produced magically increases. I know there must be several credible and
plausible reasons. I just remember fondly the Thursday evening last month when I waited in line for 30 minutes at the local BP station for gas at $1.05 per gallon. Maybe it was because it was December and the Holidays were upon us. Or maybe it was just the price at the pump, but the folks waiting were in pretty jovial moods.
In my estimation, any way you look at the month, it�s hard to find a reason to keep January. My husband and I used to go to Las Vegas every January for five days of a trade convention for him. He�d work during the day and at night we�d see shows and visit the casinos. We haven�t done this in eight years. For one, he�s no longer in the field of business that would require our attendance. And while I thought, at the time, a trip to a much- warmer climate with Siegfried and Roy was a welcome respite from January in the Midwest, I realized a few years ago that these trips right after the Holidays were too expensive. The room, the meals and the airfare were handled by his company. It was the evening visits to the casinos that caused the light wallets. Even playing the quarter slots can add up quickly when you're losing.
The only choice I have is to focus on February, which is twenty-one days away. We have a big event in my family in February. Arriving on or about Valentine�s Day will be our first granddaughter, Madelynne Marie Greth.
I think about her pending appearance a lot these days.
It almost makes January bearable.
Almost.
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