Needing Some Vitamin D

Winter in Yankeeland comes with a certain expectation of cold weather and snow. Growing up in the south we didn’t have a whole lot of snow, so I have come to enjoy actually getting some around here. I get that feeling when December hits, like a kid excited for it to be the month of Christmas, knowing it’s coming soon. Fresh white powder covering all the tress, houses and yards are the only times I find the winter landscape to be beautiful. Otherwise, it’s all just brown and gloomy. The February hits and I always find myself Over.It. You start to get those “nice days” which really just means that it actually makes it above freezing and out of the 30’s, then it turns freezing again. It’s like someone giving you a taste of Cold Stone’s Ice Cream and then saying you can’t have any more for a few months. Who does that? My Winter Blues was accelerated this year by our trip to Vegas. Nothing ruins you quite like walking around in the warm, dry 70 degree sun in flip flops and t-shirts, only to have to return to the cold, windy, flurries of the northeast a few days later. Don’t get me wrong, the trip was well worth it, I just wish I would have had some room in my suitcase to bring back some warmer weather. Thought it might put me over my 50lbs limit if I tried though.

As many people already know, Doug and I are in the planning process of trying to move back south. Planning, as in, we keep saying we are but I am not sure it’s really going to happen. So add my Winter Blues to that big ball of stress, along with a few other things going on and you got my life summed up! Okay, life is actually really good, but thinking about trying to sell a house is not my idea of a fun time. Trying to sell a house with a toddler on a schedule…..even more exciting! The “To-Do” list of things that need to happen before we put it on the market is adding up quick. Then there is the fear/hope that it sells before we are ready to move. Then what? I mean best case scenario (cause they always happens) is that it would sale right when we are looking to move. Fingers crossed. However, the likely story is that it will either sell way early and then we have to move to an apartment for a while or even MORE LIKELY, it will still be on the market after we leave. Who doesn’t love paying for a house no one is living in! Of course, this is all if we even make it to the putting it on the market part. As of yet, there is no job to go to and nothing on the horizon. It's funny how it seemed so much simpler when we moved here, but the moving back seems like it's impossible. For months I have forced myself to not think about it, but now the time seems to be flying by so quickly and nothing is getting done. It's just one of those situation that I find frustrating and feels so far out of my control.

So Winter Blues it's time for you to go, this girl needs some good old, warm, natural Vitamin D. Come on Spring, I swear that groundhog said you were coming early this year!