I'm Baaaaack!

Yes, it's true. I'm alive and FINALLY posting something. It's funny how many times family & friends mentioned that I hadn't posted anything for a while. I know...I was the one NOT posting. :-)

I started a post last Monday, but didn't get to finish it, partly because my rage had passed (which was partly what I was going to write about), and partly because I was just so darn busy at work. Last Tuesday afternoon/evening I started feeling sick- sneezing constantly and really HARD, tired, headache-y, etc. I took the afternoon off on Wednesday thinking I could rest and feel a bit better to make it through the week (I had a really jam-packed schedule). I slept all afternoon on Wednesday, but stubbornly dragged myself to work on Thursday feeling completely crappy. My coworkers chastised me and told me to go home, but I just couldn't bail on my scheduled appointments that day. However, before the end of the day, I had our office manager cancel everything for Friday- I just couldn't do it. If I were sitting alone all day in a cubicle somewhere it would be one thing, but I sit with people all day long. I look at them and they look at me. And let me tell you, I looked awful. And every time a sneeze built up (for like 2 minutes), my eyes would water and twitch, I'd tense up, and I'd get the strangest looks...and really, who wants that when they're sick? So I literally laid around all weekend. I didn't do laundry, I barely cooked, and I took about 9 naps. Today I'm actually at work and feeling better than I have since last week, so that's progress.

Other than that... I honestly think I have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), only I'm more rageful than depressed. Winter back in Wisconsin has been an adjustment for me, to say the least. I mean, I usually want to stay in with a warm blanket and a good book, go to bed super-early, and eat lots of hot soup in the winter, but this has been a bit different for me. I decided I had SAD last Monday when I went to jump in the car and leave for work later than I wanted to and had just enough frost on my car windshield to require a scraping. I was so mad! At frost! I was mad about the bitterly cold temperatures and the slightly slippery intersections! I was just sick of winter. Maybe my disorder is more aptly named RAW (Rageful About Winter). Hmm... perhaps.

So, imagine my reaction to read this on weather.com: 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.

* SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TODAY... BUT THE STEADY SNOW WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL LATER TONIGHT. IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.

* 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY BEFORE THE SNOW DIMINISHES.

* SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITIES.

Super.

In all reality, I'm just so happy to be less sick that I'm not thinking much about this piece-of-crap snow storm. Or maybe I'm in complete denial.

And how are YOU this fine Monday morning?