I cannot believe I’m writing this but I feel optimistic and good about February.

I wrote long ago that February is my least favorite month of the year. It’s a month where nothing really happens and it’s just a month to fill the void.

I now look at February as the month to begin intensive indoor seed starting. I know I’ve already show you my tray of seedlings. I feel that with this year’s mild temperatures, I feel optimistic that I can transplant some of the seedlings in the next few weeks after the next couple of storms.

I usually do a recap on the previous month first but I feel like there’s no much that happened in January. I stayed home for much of the month with the exception of going grocery shopping with mom.

I don’t think I even went for a walk in the park as it was freezing cold and snowy an stormy until this week when those 30-degrees suddenly jumped to 45 and 50-degrees temperatures. When it’s warm like this and the snow has melted, I have work to do in the garden like pruning back the perennials and fixing my failed attempt at a hoop house. I could tell mom was very annoyed when I spent most of last weekend in the garden as she does every time I do something garden-related.

I spent much of the month in bed. I knew there was something wrong. I could sense it. I was exhausted all the time, even after 9 or 10 hours of sleep. I finally went to the doctor Tuesday and did some blood work. My thyroid is misbehaving again. Ugh, and it was doing so well for much of 2023. It was in the normal range in December. What happened in January?

What to look forward to in February?

There’s a pink pancake breakfast at work on Valentine’s Day. I’m always looking forward to that annual event. This was the breakfast from last year’s pink pancake breakfast.

I am also looking forward to the Health fair at work. It’ll be the first in-person health fair since 2019 and I remember I had fun at that event with lots of goodies to take home.

For the longest time, I couldn’t decide whether or not it’s a good thing to have my aunt (mom’s little sister) under my roof again. She’s coming back from China at the end of the month after living in China for the last 2+ years. I don’t think she wants to come back and is only coming back reluctantly because mom has been lecturing and scolding her every time they talked.

Do I want her back? Not really, I have enough of a headache dealing with mom and I don’t have the energy to deal with another person. I guess it’d be good to give mom another punching bag. I do have a feeling her stay will be temporary as she’s planning to move back with her brother next door.