January Blah

This is the time of year where people start getting sick and tired of winter. I feel like we haven’t really had winter since any snow we got was gone the next day. Today the wind has just blown and blown. Wind is the one thing I really don’t care for. I did get out and got my grocery shopping and other errands done. But basically I have felt Blah all day. I’m in between books and don’t want to go shopping. It’s not even the money: I don’t want more stuff in my house. 

So I guess I’ll fall back on the same old and do a puzzle, watch a movie, read a book, drink some cocoa. I mean, I’ve even already exercised today so I can’t even tell myself I should be doing that. Maybe the tv will drown out some of the wind. 

Snow Day!

Almost exactly a year ago I posted a picture of me sitting in my library and when I found myself in the same spot today, I had to take another picture. 

I have been waiting for a wet weekend to do a little shelving project in my library and today we finally got some snow. So I went through a couple shelves and got a stack of books to purge and then rearranged the shelves. Then after lunch I sat down with a mug of cocoa and finished my book. 

I went to my aunt’s funeral yesterday. It’s just that part of life I am in, I guess. My cousin said some really nice things about how lucky we are to have these types of connections that we get to grieve. Not that it’s easy but how wonderful is life because we love people enough to grieve when they are gone.

As for the new year, it came with no fanfare at all. I was only awake because my cough was keeping me up. I didn’t even think of resolutions or new beginnings and I simply don’t care. There is a lot I’m looking forward to, but it’s also just another year gone by and another one starting.