January Lull

Ahh...January...what to do with you? You are the best month for a teacher - since this is the only month of the year when my kids actually are fully invested in learning and not hyped up by some kind of holiday or other random celebration. But you are also the longest, boringest month. I have no true vacation in sight until the end of March. I know *ducks* stop throwing stuff at me - most jobs don't have set 'vacations' like mine. But still...



January... how I love thee... but how I also hate thee...



All the Christmas hype is over and I am stuck looking forward to a lack of possible winter weather (gotta love the south and the once a year snow flurries and/or 1/2 inch of snow/sleet) and Valentines Day (can you tell I'm not your typical commercial girlie girl?).



I do however love the cold. I love wearing long sleeved shirts, sweaters, and knee high socks. How weird?!? I know.



I don't however love getting into a COLD car in the morning/scraping ice off the windows/or taking the dog out first thing in said FREEZING COLD mornings (since January and February are the COLDEST freaking months here).

Lately it has been entirely too cold here. I mean come on - 16 degrees is simply too much when there is no promise of snow or school closings. Come on now - this is South Carolina. Not Antarctica. I mean - I've taken to wearing a sweater and two coats just to drive the 5 minutes to work each day. Do you know how hard it is to move when you are wearing a thick sweater, a fleece jacket, a pea coat, a scarf and gloves?!? Very.

Any way - today is Thursday, so that is good. Tomorrow is Friday, so that is better. Monday is a holiday, so that makes it manageable. I know my weekend activities will include a blanket and some warm jammies.


Try not to freeze to death. That would be tragic.