The Winter Doldrums

This time of year is hard for anyone who lives in a cold climate like mine. It seems that the spring will never come and the air will always be cold. After months of fighting off various cold bugs and flu-like-symptoms you just feel drained.

It feels like this winter has been harder than usual; it came on strong in the beginning and stayed cold and snowy for a very long stretch of time. Weather like this requires a strength and mental fortitude that I was not prepared for...and there's still two and a half months left. I've always been a person who embraces the changing seasons, I love the contrast of heat and cold in this climate, but this year is trying. Maybe it's because I haven't taken a vacation, maybe I need to get outside more, who knows?

I've been trying to knit a lot but the problem with knitting is that it takes a long time to make nice warm things. So a sweater that I started in January will probably be done just in time for May. That doesn't do me any good. In the summer the thought of covering yourself with a large woolly sweater-in-the-making is much less attractive but this is really the time when one should be constructing their warm winter goods. Hmm... Knit faster? I suppose I can try...