We made it to January! So...yeah, at least two more months of winter to endure, but at least now we're in the homestretch. This makes me happy. I am oh-so-ready to start designing what I want my gardens to look like this year and then make it happen. I never pictured myself to be someone with a green thumb, but I'm excited. Last year was a good start. Our garden was more fruitful than I think we'd dared hope for, and we're still enjoying the spaghetti squash. We have about 20 or so left. That'll last a while. :)
Our holiday season was pretty good, considering neither Richard or I caught the Christmas spirit this time 'round. We didn't put up a single decoration, something nearly unheard of (we used to have Christmas lights up around our bedroom year round, lol). We did some festive things: we went to the Rockettes show, to a Christmas David Lanz concert, and we made these crazy reindeer pillows for many of our pals. I can't put my finger on it, but something just wasn't....there. I finally put up my regular decor yesterday (sadly, I've had Thanksgiving up this whole time), and wow, did that help.
Things are looking a lot more summery now (I've got a beach theme going on), and that helps. Though we're lacking the details, Richard and I are going to San Diego sometime in June for his annual work convention thing, so that's something seriously great for me to look forward to. This helps, too. I can't wait to go sit on the sand and just let the ocean bring me the peace it always does. I feel better, I sleep better, I think better, and I all around just am better when I'm by the ocean. I wonder why that is. I've lived in Utah all my life, and while I call the Great Salt Lake the "poor man's Pacific," I don't visit there often at all, although there are beautiful areas to check out. As long as the brine shrimp stink is down, I'm for it. Maybe that will have to become one of "my spots" when it gets warmer. I used to have Salem Pond when I lived in Spanish Fork, so I guess it's just something about water. But for me the Pacific Ocean is the best of all. It would not be an exaggeration to say that this upcoming trip is an answer to my prayers. "The cure for anything is salt water -- sweat, tears, or the sea." (Isek Dinneson) That's so true.
In the meantime, I will take solace in days like today, when the sun is shining and I can feel the warmth from its rays. When I can still hear the occasional bird, and its song tells me there will soon be more. When I see the occasional green plant and it reminds me to check out the garden books from the library again, and to find the seeds I bought last year but failed to plant in time.
This may be a hard winter for me, but I know it won't last. I'll get through it, then enjoy every single day until the snow comes again. I think I just found my 2011 resolution--to enjoy every day. Bad days happen, and sometimes it's hard to see a single good thing in them. But I'm someone who finds beauty and joy in the small things...and I know I'm going to be okay.
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