knitting is a hereditary disease

February ... ugggh!

Posted on 02/05/2008 by Barb | Comments (0)
Filed under : Knitting

I just finished a pair of entrelac wrist warmers. I know, it’s not much but it’s something. And I like them. And they keep me warm. And it’s February and I need that.

I need it because February is a dangerous month. Cabin fever sets in every February and it’s sort of a literal thing for me, cabin fever. I hate my surroundings in February. I’ve done some really questionable things in February. Like tear cabinets off kitchen walls without a plan. Things like that. I have come to understand and guard against February but even acknowledging I’m crazy in February, I still struggle. Right now, for example, I have a kitchen light fixture that isn’t working. It just doesn’t turn on. It’s not the fluorescent bulb … it’s not the ballast. Every morning I get up and walk into the kitchen for that first cup of coffee. I hit the switch. Every evening, I walk into the semi-dark house after a day at work and … you got it … hit that switch. And every time I do, morning or night, my gut clenches. It feels physical. I resent it. If it were, say, June and this happened, it wouldn’t seem so serious. I tell myself that. But it’s not June, it’s February!

And it seems that I’m the only person in my world that finds any of this a problem. So I’m going to have to man up and take care of it myself … and I know that’s dangerous in February.

Oh, and I also have a burned out bulb in the dining room chandelier. And I’m out of that style of light bulb. And it’s February and I apparently have no control over darkness.

So anyway, it may not be much, but the wrist warmers are nice. I like them. They give me some comfort against February.