Thought for the Day – 2/1/2025

Wait – it's February?

We made it out of January?  

Oh, thank goodness.  I thought that stupid month was never going to go away.  

Countdown to Spring: Goodbye, February

“It’s the end … but the moment has been prepared for.”

final words of the 4th Doctor from the Doctor Who episode “Logopolis”

And this final moment of February 2015 has been prepared for with a rousing 

“Yee-Hah” 

from me.

February has felt longer than its 28 days this year.  It was snowier and colder than it should have been. I don’t know that it’s really been that much worse than other Februarys in my lifetime, but it ranks somewhere in the top 10 of the most unpleasant of them.  I’m certainly not going to miss it when it’s gone.

I look forward to March being warmer, although perhaps not right away.  I look forward to seeing the piles of snow disappear, leaving only browns with touches of new green growth that will eventually dominate the landscape.  That’s the seasonal cycle and I don’t expect it’s going to change this year.

I have some not so pleasant words to describe this ending second month of the year as well, but I’m sure people can guess what they are without me writing them.  I will simply finish by saying ...

Goodbye, February – it’s been real, but it hasn’t been fun.

Only 20 days until spring.

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Countdown to Spring: Be Careful What You Challenge

I have some rules.  Don't challenge anything bigger than you unless you have a real chance of winning and not getting the snot kicked out of you is one of them.  Sadly, I forgot that when I challenged February to get its last licks in.  It hit -8°F this morning, which is actually the coldest I've seen on my thermometer all season.  No hot or cold water in my kitchen presently, although I suspect that will change for the better as the temperature rises.  It's presently +10°F and it's supposed to go into the 20s as the day goes by.

Dear February, I didn't mean for you to take that challenge so literally.  I did say earlier that I knew winter wasn't done with us yet and I meant that, so I am aware of how ferocious you can be.  My apologies for offending the potentiality of your 28 days.

But, you're still out of here come Saturday.

Only 24 days until spring.

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