January wrap up

[jlumen]

 Let's start with the winter weather,
When it comes to snow, I'm a typical Southern kid - I find it thrilling and intriguing. A welcome surprise, I cannot help but want to at least toss a snowball and with this most recent snow, light and fluffy  tossing a handful in the air to watch it fall and flutter. 
Yet even I must admit that I'm getting tired of this winter. It's not just the missing social time with friends, missing Church, or playground time with my son. It's the closed businesses or unknowns and missing work due to EJ's daycare being closed - usually the day after the weather event because delayed starts just aren't a thing anymore I suppose. I would've understood that, we still have ice early in the morning but most of our snow is already starting to melt and it'll be gone by noon except for maybe a few places in the shade. 

Later in the day after another play in the snow, we went out for a drive and I could see that the roads weren't super clear. Considering Southerners don't do well with driving in any ice and snow it does make sense they closed. I still had to work and luckily, EJ's go-to sitter loves him and charges little, especially since daycare still wants all their money this week.

On to 2026 goals...

The weather unknowns have made it tough for me to get my donations you my local charity shop ( I try to avoid Goodwill mainly because they tend to overprice IMHO) I got one good haul out of here, my dad helped me with a small one. I've got another box and a bag packed away for whenever things calm down about. 

I attempted some strength training but I didn't really do much. I did do some Just dance on the Switch and that was fun. I'd like to get back into Ring Fitness. It's just making the time during my work day because EJ isn't quite focused yet enough to really exercise with me. Although perhaps I should try. 

I didn't get any repairs done around the house or with the jeep. It's almost time for regular maintenance for the Jeep and I'd like to get that done before I go up to the mountains at the end of the month. 

On the "1 in, 1 out 1 out challenge", 

In: 0g
Out: 369g in 3  finished projects as of February 3. 

Yay! This makes me happy for a two reasons:

1. If I feel like gifting myself some yarn for my birthday, I've got wiggle room
2. I finished my son's sweater so I can start my sweater, which when finished will use up 450g of yarn. 

 

January was quite a month, both feeling long and going by way too fast and now we're in the best month of all - February, Black History month, national engineering week, birthdays of my remaining immediate family... And my 40th birthday!  

Comments

[cyberneticdryad]

I'm from the Southwest, so I have the same fascination with snow, but gosh the unpredictability of everything else when is snows! X(

Congrats on your three finished projects!

[jlumen]

Yes, the older I get and more responsiblities I gain the more I see why those in snowy climates are not as excited about it over time, ha.

Thanks!