January can be a hard month to weather. This week’s top ten list is an attempt to stay positive in the middle of winter.
10. Though my teaching career ended in 2003, my shoulders always relax when January comes, knowing the school year is halfway over.
9. January’s stay-home weather makes it a great month to start projects around the house. Or to procrastinate about starting projects around the house.
8. February’s coming.
7. The fresh Clementine and Mandarin oranges are really good.
6. Every day has a minute or two more daylight.
5. The dust is down on the gravel road.
4. No birthdays or anniversaries in January at our house. That means the checkbook has time to recover from Christmas.
3. It’s a great month to travel to Texas…for say, a speaking engagement…if a person doesn’t worry too much about the weather holding on the day of the flight…and about catching the flu before the trip…or on the trip…or after the trip.
2. The cold weather cuts down the number of hot flashes that afflict women of a certain age.
What do you like best about January?
