I haven't forgotten

I haven't forgotten that I have a blog, I promise.

What I've been doing is school.  Things are going well and this is my last semester of pre-reqs.  So I'm hoping things keep going well and I can petition in Sept to start in Jan.  I have a lot of other things swimming around in my head about if I should stay here and finish my ADN or go elsewhere spend more time and money and get my BSN.  I'm hoping I get in the first semester where I am so I don't REALLY have to think about this.  I WANT to work ASAP and I know that I can get a job with my ADN and go for the BSN slowly over time after I'm making some money ;P

Home has been good, we are almost ready to paint in the basement.  My Dad and I sanded most of the place, all walls and some of the ceilings before our arms gave out.  So next week we WILL finish sanding ;) I promise.  Then I need to prime, and paint.  Then floors go in and we can MOVE IN TO IT!!!  It's kind of weird to think about it being done any time in the future since I feel like we've been working on it forever.  We need to have a party when we are done. 

I'm ready for winter to be over, we've had two nice days in the 40s and I wish the whole winter was like this.  So maybe that desert dream will keep me dreaming about warm winters. 

Gabe has been good and keeping busy.  He's always got a story or a joke for us now and his best friend is Maddy (Dave and La's daughter).  They are super adorable together too!  If we could marry them off we would since we already like the In-laws ;)

Oh the weather outside is frightful....

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It's not a ton of snow in our area but south of us they got more. Still I'm depressed about it.

I used to enjoy snow. I've never been a snow bunny. I don't ski, a couple trips down the sledding hill and I'm all for heading in and drinking hot chocolate, and the thought of riding a snowmobile makes me ill. I DID enjoy the snow though, the chill in the air (not the frigid temps later) but at least those first couple of REALLY white really crisp snows were enjoyable.

Now?

Meh.

All I can think now is that it's the beginning of a very long, very cold winter, I'll have to shovel, drive in it, get salt tracked onto anything and everything, get sick, be sad when the sun is shining because that means it's -20 out with the windchill. All I do is long for spring. I long for the warmth of the sun, not the teaser that it is in the winter. I long for things to move and live.

I'm not sure when this happened but really I often wonder now if someplace warmer isn't calling my name. Maybe when school is done we'll talk about a move someplace where owning a snowblower would make you a kook. Some place where Christmas comes with lights and caroling but NO snow. Some place where you can be outside on the patio on Christmas morning.

Until then I'm going to complain and drink tea, eat chili and count the days til it's warm enough to go outside without eleventy million layers on. Oh and I don't want to have to wear socks ALL the time. I hate wearing socks and shoes and having to sleep with socks on sucks.

So how to I wait out the winter without hibernating? I'm hoping that Gabe will help get me through that because he's at the age where he thinks it's very piddy (pretty) and everything is full of magic. I'm hoping he drags me kicking and screaming through it and I remember it fondly.