So it's now mid-January...

...and I am trying to battle the mood demons within. I hate this month. I'm trying to stay optimistic and everything, but I am despising this grey, snowy weather. Every single day (and no, I am not exaggerating) for the past 2 weeks, we've had grey weather. Now I know why the suicide rate is so high in Ireland and the UK. Ugh.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not depressed or anything, I'm still my bubbly self when I need to be for work and all that, but...man! Could we get some sun once in a little while? A break in the weather? It's gonna be a long winter, I believe.

One a more positive note, I dreamed I was preparing myself to board a plane to Spain. Yes, I actually dreamed that. I think that's my subconscious trying to appease itself with thoughts of warmer, sunny weather and adventure.

Every morning, I scrape and clean my car from snow before heading off to work. I'm sick of it. I know, blah blah blah...things will get better and the weather will improve. Let me just complain for a bit, will ya?

I check Travelocity, like, 5 times a day. No joke. 994 bucks is the cheapest deal now, and it keeps changing. I don't know what the heck I am waiting for...it certainly won't go any lower than 900 bucks. But, here I am, waiting patiently in the hopes of saving more bucks. I think the latest I would wait is around mid-March, before purchasing my ticket. Hopefully the prices won't skyrocket anytime soon...eep.

That's the scary part about traveling. Finding the right price for a ticket. It's scary and fun at the same, to peruse several different airfare sights a day...for a traveler like myself, it's become somewhat of a hobby. I was thinking about that actually, the other day...what's my hobby? I couldn't really think of anything except studying languages and travelling. I guess they go hand in hand, eh? I still practice my Spanish by listening to the radio and watching Spanish TV online. Thank goodness for the internet! I'd feel so far away from Europe without it.

So what's new with me, besides hating January and dreaming about airports? Hmmmm...went to a friend's 30th birthday where there was a beer tasting contest...needless to say, I sucked. It was fun, though. Also, I've been in report card writing mode for the past few days...and I'm almost done, thankfully. It's not fun writing report cards when the report card writing system doesn't properly work, so thankfully I started them early and avoided being overly affected by the system's crash on our PD day.

Well, here's hoping the winter weeks won't be too painful...March break will surely be a welcome break!

Hmmm...I think I'm done writing for now...going to do a bit more work on this wintry Sunday.

Until soon,

H.