In the song “American Pie” Don McLean sings “February makes me shiver…” but it is January to me.
I started thinking this as I was taking down the Christmas decorations today. By the way, they are a lot more fun to put up.
In fact, I vote for January as the worst month of the year. It’s long, the weather’s usually ugly, and it’s cold in most places. January is just a dark month. Nothing very good happens in January. The credit card bills roll in from all those Christmas purchases, so January is downright depressing.
There are a couple of holidays in January to give us some relief – New Year’s Day and Martin Luther King Jr. Day (third Monday), but that’s about it. Between those two holidays we face a dreary month.
January is the month we have “National Static Electricity Day” “Bean Day” “National Pie Day” and we can’t forget “National Kazoo Day.”
Yes, January is depressing.
Thank goodness for football. The first Super Bowl was played in January as the football Gods must have felt that January needed something. They were right. Sadly, it’s now held in February but the playoffs start in January and there are a few bowl games left.
I’m looking forward to February…
The Western Word 
Boy, I hear ya! I’m grateful we have sunshine today, but the snow and cold are definitely downers. I’m tackling tasks such as cleaning behind and underneath the fridge, and am debating when to tackle pulling out everything from the cupboards for a thorough wash down. Yippee. Spring can’t come soon enough!
There you go – keep busy and don’t look at the calendar…Spring will be here sometime…