Thaw

Just when you think the garden is ready for spring, more snow arrives bringing with it the cold and the wind. It is difficult to grow anything in the winter months. Even icicles don't live for long. But life keeps moving forward.

Cabin Fever has been rough this winter. It is especially difficult when living every day with two kids in their terrible two's. Yes, I know my kids are not that terrible, but they are still in the rotten stage - one moving out of it and one just entering it. We get out when we can but it gets tough when it takes twenty five minutes just to get into the car. And then, where do we go? Swings are frozen, the mall is boring and Starbucks is, well, really frickin' expensive. Good taste is not cheap.

I have had a reprieve the last few weekends. Chick has nearly forced me out of the house and into the arms of friends. It was much needed and appreciated. I did learn, however, that my days of 12-hour drinking binges and closing bars are way behind me. I held my own, but I am not sure how.

So now we head south, six months after the birds. (We should all learn from them.) In just a few days we will all be in the Florida sun. Swimming. Fishing. Relaxing. Living.

Life is good, and getting warmer.