February=Harsh

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Today we are going to talk about the harsh realities of February. Sounds oober fun doesnt it? It is until you start realizing you have most if not all the symptoms!


Reason Number 1: The weather is getting to you.

In february you start to hate the cold. As Minnesotans we are born into the cold and come to love it along with other crazy weather related things like going for a drive in the middle of a winter storm warning. But in February when the weather is between 17-23 degrees somehow thats just too cold for us!!

Reason Number 2: Your warn out.

Its official! As the winter drones on we get tired of putting on layers upon layers to go outside and get the mail! Were too tired to get up and even put on some decent clothes so we can make some dry toast to satisfy that hunger for sunshine and bare feet.

Reason Number 3: No Motivation

If you have the first two symptoms of a harsh February you defiantly have symptom number three. If its so cold why change out of our warm comfy jammies and bare it? Why should we leave our warm comfortable beds? Where is my room service? and who is that kid that keeps coming in here? There's no reason to go anywhere we are so unmotivated whose hungry? and even so I'm not getting out of bed-WHERE IS MY ROOM SERVICE!

Reason Number 4: Unbelievably Tired

Being unbelievably tired will help contribute to your lack of motivation and thus bring you back to your ancestors way of curling up and hiding out for the winter. This will also deem you unrecognizable to the rest of the outside world. Because you havent been seen for days even weeks..search parties may have been formed. The proper authorities and even your mother in law have been informed. There is screaming down the hall. What your hearing is your mother she has seen something she thinks might be a bear and the smell verifies that....HIT THE SHOWER!!

Reason Number 5: The snow keeps on coming!!

So its all so horrible and unbearable!! But hey, spring could be just right around the corner. But wait whats that the weather guy keeps talking about? More snow! Are you kidding me! Any glimpse of spring we thought or hoped we could see is gone. Just gone. Wheres my blanket? I'm going back to bed!!

Reason Number 6: Suddenly-Your sick!

You thought you'd suck it up and be the Minnesotan you know you are. So you got all your gear and ventured out to the mailbox. After getting out of your oh-so-wonderfully-warm jammies....putting on your layers of outer gear....shoveling out your front steps....trudging down the driveway...un-burying your mailbox...and finding your way back to your own house...(they all look the same here in February)...your back in side. Man was that totally worth it!! and there it is...the deep down in your lungs scraping the back of your throat sneeze. There it is all the sign you need. Here comes the worst cold of the season...the February Cold. Famous for knocking you out and taking whatever was left of your winter spirit. (After the February Cold, your so done with winter your willing to pack up and move outta state!) So you get back in your jammies. Ready to hold down whats left of your Minnesota dignity and fight of the famous February cold.

Four hours later....you've doped up on the best cold fighting medication you could get your hands on. You so loaded up with vicks vapor rub no body will come near you (good thing you took that shower earlier..psh) You've got a full stock of cough drops and the soup is on the stove. Your ready your gonna kick this. No way its getting you this year.

The next morning...Its on!! The sneezing...the coughing...their arent enough blankets in the house to kick your shivers....cough drops arent doing anything...Who let that dog in here?...Where is my soup?...where is my blanket?...and who took by bear?....I hate February!!


Hang in there friends.

...springs right around the corner....