All of our snow has melted now. Everything is gray, gloomy and dead. And soaked! Lots of people had to deal with flooding. We lucked out and just had some minor flooding in our garage.
When the weather is like this in-between stuff you can't really do any outdoor activities. No snow so you can't ski, snowmobile or enjoy any winter sports. It's to wet and cold out to work in the yard. And the lack of sunshine is what really gets to me after awhile during these dreary winter months. 25 years ago when winter arrived it would stay winter and we'd have snow on the ground the entire winter. Those days are long gone I'm afraid. Global Warming is definately a possibility as to why.
The holidays are over and done with (thank goodness) and the gloom and doom of January has set in.
Back in the old days I'd be chewing at the bit to jump into a big truck and hit the big road and make a trip down to Texas or out west for a couple of weeks. Just to get out of here. I enjoyed the trucking part but after many years I burned out from the "trucking business" end of it. Hurry up and wait. Every load is a "hot" load. Got fed up with being treated like a dirtbag and never hearing so much as a "thank you" from anyone for busting my ass got real old too.
I was fortunate enough to hook up with a concert tour and got a gig hauling concert gear and eventually driving a tour bus on various tours. Sure beat the hell out of hauling freight. I traveled constantly all over the US on concert tours and one year seen my house for a total of only 33 days the entire year. That wasn't the only downside.
Where there's lots of money there's lots of shysters and behind the scenes in the entertainment business there's lots of them. My experience in the USAF for 4 years taught me to "CYA" and it certinately came in handy during my touring days.
It took me years to get the diesel out of my blood once I left the road. Nothing like the feeling of the open road with the wind at your back on a sunny day.
Every once in awhile I get the itch to jump into a rig and make a trip out west or down south. Nothing I'd want to do permanent anymore. But when the 'ole Jabnuary blues surface it sure sounds like a good thing to do to get out of dodge and feel some sunshine for awhile.
