Blah

Oh my goodness, I have never been like this before. I mean winter is not my favorite time of the year but this year I got the worst case of the blah’s I have ever had.

I never felt like I wanted to be at work and it showed. I was never accomplishing anything. At home I did not feel like doing anything. House work, what house work? Hockey, my favorite sport, if I was lucky I would catch a game every now and then... I used to live for the next Red Wing Hockey game. . Yes I would go home to be with the family but I had to drag myself out of the house to get going. I have not been keeping in touch with people like I had been. Just in general a big fat nothing.

Well things are a changing. Now that there is more sunlight. Now that the weather is improving I am feeling much more myself once again. Last night I stayed 3 hours over at work trying to get a program to work just the proper way. About a week ago I told work I would have something done withing 2 weeks so people could play with the new look and feel of the program. This means I have put a self imposed deadline on what I am working on. Now I am no where near showing what I am up to yet and I only have a little over a week to go but the progress I have made in the last week is super.

On the home front spring cleaning is underway. It will take a while but I am getting the house back in order. This will be good because in the past I have cleaned the house but never really did a spring cleaning. I have thoughts of pictures I would like to take once again. After last weeks Photo Hunt for architecture there are several different pictures of pictures I would love to do of the state Capitol, all heading in directions I have not been before. I am looking forward to Saturday. I am going to a St Patrick’s day parade and will take pictures and probably get involved in some activities. Perhaps some Irish stew and a Guinness? Take in a free movie... we will see.

As I left work yesterday at 8:00 at night (first time working over in a while) I smiled several times. The first was when I discovered my car was horny. Yes you heard me right, it was horny. How did I know that? Well when I looked in the direction of my rear view mirror it said 69. (I know bad, very bad) I also had to smile as I was making my way home there was a motor cycle on a side street waiting to make it’s way onto the road. I immediately thought of two things. First there was g-man, our Harley man. You know it is funny but I get the feeling Top Cat could fill that roll pretty good too. Of course the bike was not a Harley as it did not have “that sound” but that did not matter. The second thing the came to mind is you do not see a lot of motor cycles out in the winter. They are there but I think a lot of people put them away for the bad weather so this to me seemed like a sign of spring.

Now I know that winter is not over despite that yesterday all but the last stubborn areas of snow are gone on my property. We can and will see more snow. We may even see a lot more snow. We will see more cool and possibly cold weather but we are not that far from seeing spring permanently. The sun will disappear on me again. But I also know it will not be that long before I will start to see some tulips push up through the soil. The grass will start to green once again. That smell of spring will return. I already caught that earthy smell within the last few days as I walked past some planting beds at work. Yes sir, I had a real bad case of the blahs this year but I really think things are looking up finally. I can not wait!

HAPPY HUMP DAY!


No. I just - I mean... it's so 'blah.' Joan? –Buffy the Vampire Slayer