Newsflash: It's Winter

Let's all sit down, take a deep breath, and get a grip.

It's February: we have had the winter solstice, and it's more than a month to the vernal equinox. That makes us officially in the winter season, when the temperature dips and the precipitation can freeze, creating what we all know as SNOW.

So why is everyone running around like chickens with their heads cut off, squealing about the snow?

Yes, I know that we have gotten the heaviest snowfall Washington DC has ever known. So what? We have hurricanes in the fall--that's a lot of rain. Notice the vegetation around here? Takes a lot of moisture to grow all that stuff. It's humid here--there's a lot of precipitation! And the winter temperatures make it into snow! And yes, sometimes there's more precipitation than others! So we get MORE SNOW.

Every network had people out in the snowfall yesterday--and reported on it all day long. Enough, already!

Miraculously, or maybe not, nobody has been killed! I have yet to hear of anyone's roof collapsing (private home, that is. Some commercial buildings have lost roofs).

So can we please just quit complaining and deal?

The Only Way Out is Through

Sometimes, you just have to slog through things before they get better. I have done this, and it has!

We got a new TV. It is fantastic. It's an HD widescreen, and the picture is unbelievable.

I got my article done on time, and the editor loved it.

Our car was fixed, and the color matches perfectly.

The flooring project is going well-except that we have some wood rotting in the floor of the dining room, and will have to replace the french doors there as well. But I love my new floor!

My daughter seems to have had a wake-up call since she did so poorly in school last semester. Let's hope she does better this one.

I had my mammogram and appointment with the surgeon. I am fine. Hurray!

It is true that time heals many wounds, and solves many problems.