One — ohmygod, this is so stoopid. Two — pretending to threaten winter is lame, even for me. Three — okay, now what? I don’t know, that’s as far I got. Drop it and move on.
Hey, kids, welcome to February and the final 28 days of winter. It landed on our doorstep first thing this morning without pomp or circumstance or blizzard conditions. Which is a best case scenario if you ask me; there are so many other awful possibilities. The worst of those is the dreaded ‘wintry mix’ — a physical interpretation of ‘something wicked this way comes.’
When ice enters the picture, hooboy, watch out; a glazed world is a topsy-turvy world. Pedestrians become airborne and orthopedists become boat owners.
But winter hasn’t been its usual unbearable self this year. Not even a snow day. We’ve had snow, of course, and some bitterly cold, windy days, but nothing cataclysmic. And here we are in February, the last obstacle before spring. I’m almost tempted to breathe a sigh of relief, but I don’t want to jinx anything. So I won’t, I’ll just cross my fingers and hope for the best.
While we’re waiting for spring to spring, I’ve found plenty to keep us busy. February is full-to-bursting with entertaining stuff. Besides the obvious — Valentine’s Day and Groundhog Day, President’s Day — there’s also National Tooth Fairy Day (the 28th) and World Whale Day (the 18th). Here, I’ve made a list:
I hope you’re willing to drop in again after this mortifying display of incompetence. Shoot, next time you might get lucky and I’ll have a real, bona fide idea. I’ve been noodling around with some thoughts and now that I’ve discovered how easy it is to start a post and go nowhere with it, a new world has opened up. Turns out, pride is vastly overrated. Yay!
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13 responses to “: I’ll count to 3, you’d better be gone :”
I once wrote a post about February. Shortest month of the year with the most holidays in it. Endless.
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Makes sense, I suppose. We’re desperate for distraction. I love the 28 days thing, too — I measure pain in terms of time. 28 days is nothing. I’m going to check out your post …
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It was last February…in my posts, not that many back.
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I remember that one! And the trip to Florida. You need to write more often :o)
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Yes, I do.
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Yay!
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I shall be standing up for the swords, and will mark sword swallowers day by attending a pro-sword march. If it gets big, I’ll live stream it on Facebook. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but that doesn’t mean it has no rights…
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I’m glad you picked Sword Swallowers Day. Who knew, right? I thought such shenanigans were history, but nope, people still swallow anything :o)
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Fear not, you could write about the telephone directory and make it entertaining! Where are your illustrations from? They’re great!
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Wow, I hadn’t thought of the phone book. Thanks, now I know what my next post will be about. Woohoo, you’re the best. And check out google images, pixabay, clker, there’s lots of sources.
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I don’t just come back for the flattery, you know, but – shucks! – thanks … and yeah, wow, so many subjects – where to start … ?
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I hope to fill this frigid month seeing as many of the nominees I can before the Oscars are awarded 🤓
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Ooh, good choice.
Is it me or has this winter dragged on longer than usual? Think it over, I’ll be reading in the tub.
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