january in colorado

You know it's January in Colorado when...

~ They say the high will be 28 degrees and you think, "Great! It's warming up!"

~ Your skin is so pale it's almost translucent but black is the only color you feel like painting your nails.

~ The already grossly obese family cat is gaining weight by the minute and sprawls on his back on the living room floor because he can hardly breathe anymore.

~ You run the risk being crushed by an avalanche of coats, hats, scarves, mittens, and other cold weather gear when you dare open the coat closet.

~ Even your son's lizard refuses to come out of his cave and the crawdad has been in hibernation for five months and counting.

~ Your supply of Burt's Bees, Vaseline and Eucerine is getting very, very low. And your lips are still chapped!

~ When your kids wake up and don't have a cough or runny nose it seems abnormal.

~ After recovering from a recent cold you find you are addicted to Benadryl and can hardly sleep without it now. Bourbon helps ;-)

~ The voice in your head telling you to just "eaaatttt and sleeeep" is winning out over the voice that tells you to get to the gym.

~ When you wake up and the driveway doesn't need shoveling you think, "There goes my exercise for the day."

~ You actually miss the Texas summer (you know you've really lost it now).


I must remember how glorious the Colorado spring, summer and fall are! It will all be worth it soon...

Well in about four months anyway.