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What is it about the time between Valentine's Day and the first day of spring that is just so terribly oppressive?
It's called cabin fever. It seems everyone we know is gritting their teeth and mustering up every ounce of strength just to keep their ever-loving head together. All one has to do is cruise a few of their favorite blogs to read about the battle many of us seem to be waging. The battle to keep from falling into the abyss of apathy, detachment and depression. The mind-numbing cold and gray, sans any distraction of a holiday makes a person want to crawl under the covers and stay there until the days are longer than they are short, and the weather is warmer than it is cold. This plan would be ideal if it were not for the small humans who rely on us for shelter, food, water, and responsive care giving. Those meddling kids are always tossing a wrench right through the window of the best laid plans, smashing it to pieces.
My mind seems to be fundamentally different in the winter months. It's slow. Lethargic. Small decisions are insurmountably difficult. I have thoughts in the winter that never occur to me in the summer. For example:
"Is it bad to let my 17 month old watch Sesame street three (okay, who am I kidding? Four) times in a day?"
"I love to cook, however that takes too much energy. That involves grocery shopping. And chopping. And then there is the cleaning. I want to lose a few pounds, but let's just order a pizza. Again."
"I knew that it was going to be unseasonably warm today, but it really didn't occur to me to actually go outside. I forgot all about outside. There is an untapped world beyond the oppressive walls of my rambler! Thank GOD I remembered!"
"I wonder if my friends remember what I look like. I wonder if they have forgotten my phone number. On purpose. Because I stopped answering my cell phone (okay who am I kidding? I never really answered my cell phone). I mean I stopped returning messages."
"I wonder if my friends will feel like re-sparking our friendship in the spring when I am feeling better. Here's to the hope that spring time weather is conducive to forgiveness and understanding."
Staring into space.
"I wonder if I could pay someone to take a shower and brush my teeth FOR me."
In the summertime, my internal dialogue is more like this:
"Hmmm. Who can I invite over for dinner tonight? I feel like grilling. Let's eat al fresco!"
"Should we go to the pool today? Or walk around Lake Harriet? I know! We'll do both! And then we can go for a bike ride after dinner! Who wants Ice cream?"
"Where did I put that corkscrew?"
"The HILLS ARE ALIVE! WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC!!!!! AAAAH-AH-AH---AHHHHH!"
Getting through the final stretch of winter ironically feels like slogging through a desert with no water, or running the last 6 miles of a marathon. A person loses their sense of time. A day seems to stretch out for a week. Exhaustion is amplified.
Any ideas for passing the time until it starts to fly again? Because it's not flying. Time is currently belly crawling through 2 feet of chilled molasses. I am taking suggestions.
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You can help me come up with ways to use the extra tampons I have left over after my hysterectomy. That should fill up at least a few hours of remaining winter. I've already come up with excellent uses for the pads. (pics on my site)
Or, plan a spring break vacation getaway to some place warm! And, molasses free!
Posted by: Niihaus | February 16, 2006 10:48 AM
I've signed my kids up for everything, gone to the museum, library, gym, etc. I'm still in the doldrums. An amazing place opened in our town that is a nice, large, spa-like restaurant that has a childcare room! I almost cried when I heard about all the owner thought of to accomodate Moms. I can't wait to go back, but I don't know how many times I can throw my kids in the room and read magazines...I hope 3x a day isn't too much!
Niihaus--Tampons are just the thing for bloody noses. I can't believe I just wrote that. You have some boys, right?
Posted by: Mega Mom | February 16, 2006 12:46 PM
I hear you!!!! I live in the Pacific NW and we just got finished having 50-something straight days of rain and cold. I AM GOING NUTS...but I don't have enough energy to even have a nervous breakdown.
I find bottles of red wine...mixed with large amounts of dark chocolate tend to help me out!
Posted by: Jen Nybo | February 16, 2006 1:15 PM
I think you very nicely summed up the mood of the blogosphere at this point. I had one of THOSE DAYS yesterday. Today the nanny's here and gee, I feel great! Lots of energy and I'm about to go grocery shopping for food items that aren't canned. Last night I was complaining that I don't get enough support around here and today I was calling my husband to thank him for being a great dad. Hmmmm...
Thank you for blaming it on the weather. Sounds plausible to me. It might be 60 and sunny here, but it's still our Winter, dammit!
Posted by: Mary | February 16, 2006 1:28 PM
So *that's* why I've been having flashbacks of my junior year of college when I lived with thirteen girls in one house and it was near "that time" of the month - the internet's got a bad case of winter PMS! I've read articles talking about "making things special" - indoor picnics, summer movie fests, etc. Maybe Mommybloggers should host a "engage in a summer activity and blog about it" event so that we can spread some early sunshine around. Otherwise I'm gonna have to hire myself my own cabana boy to bring me drinks with little umbrellas in them, and I don't know how my husband would feel about that. :)
Posted by: Aj | February 16, 2006 3:20 PM
That about sums it up for everyone...only it's not as bad here temperature wise. You guys should all visit the South! At least we're not burried in snow!
Posted by: Suzanne | February 16, 2006 8:38 PM
You have an AMAZING way of tapping into the Mommy Noggin and really just nailing what we're feeling. Thank you thank you thank you. It's very nice to know I'm not alone in my thinking here. In these four walls, ever growning closer...
Posted by: Karin | February 17, 2006 4:59 AM
My 3 yr old suggested a pool party this morning.... "We can invite all our friends!" he says! I'm seriously considering cleaning off the old wading pool, hauling it to the basement, cranking the space heater and putting the boys in their suits! Just to have something different to do.
Posted by: Liz B. | February 17, 2006 2:06 PM
Once again you have managed to capture the very inner dialogue that has been occurring inside my busy Mommy-brain. Just this morning as I was prying my behind out of bed, I was thinking how nice it would be to have a day of lazy Olympics (call in sick to work, sleep till noon, watch some mind numbing daytime TV, have a Lucky Charms eating contest with equally lazy husband, and repeat.)Then I realized not only was this impossible with my schedule for today but now I was late! To help me feel better I ducked out of the office an hour early and did an art project with my little Picasso. Try some glitter glue, chalk, and construction paper with your beloved short person. The glow of their little imaginations at work is enough to warm any proud Mommy for at least an afternoon. Hang in there and thanks again for helping me realize I'm not alone!
Posted by: Michelle | February 20, 2006 9:56 PM
Once again you have managed to capture the very inner dialogue that has been occurring inside my busy Mommy-brain. Just this morning as I was prying my behind out of bed, I was thinking how nice it would be to have a day of lazy Olympics (call in sick to work, sleep till noon, watch some mind numbing daytime TV, have a Lucky Charms eating contest with equally lazy husband, and repeat.)Then I realized not only was this impossible with my schedule for today but now I was late! To help me feel better I ducked out of the office an hour early and did an art project with my little Picasso. Try some glitter glue, chalk, and construction paper with your beloved short person. The glow of their little imaginations at work is enough to warm any proud Mommy for at least an afternoon. Hang in there and thanks again for helping me realize I'm not alone!
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