Happy Valentine's Day! Almost.....
The holiday season has once again come and gone. Revelers are done reveling, partyers are done partying, and people are beginning to shake off the doldrums of the happy holiday season. Or are they?
I suppose on a personal note this is the climbing out of the funk time. I love the holidays, don't get me wrong, but Valentine's day signals for me the beginning of an awakening of sorts. I suppose it comes from my rooted east coast up bringing.
The holidays bring joy and happiness back there but they also bring snow, sleet, hail and hibernation. So while we celebrate we also bury and wait. Valentines was always a point for me where it was time to move out of that hibernation and on to bigger and better things. Granted, it was a bit early back east to be that optimistic in February, but spring it was a comin' at this point - so I shook off the hibernation and moved forward with hopes high and optimism for the coming spring/summer season (which - where I am from - was always a beautiful time).
Now, I still have this awakening-ish feeling at this time of year but shouldn't it be a bit different living in a "resort" type area now. Here, the "hibernation" time of year is the summer - no one comes to the desert in the summer and with good reason - 120 degrees does not make for a fun time - that being said I find myself pondering - my "awakening" here should really be the holiday period. From September through about May it is GLORIOUS here. There is a chill around the holidays but I'm using the term very loosely compared to where I come from. So I wonder why, after 12 years, I still find myself "hibernating" during the holiday season and renewing right around February 14th. Could it be true that we are what we are - no matter where you go, no matter what you do, the area you "came from" is the area you are always a part of, emotionally, psychologically, physically and all those other allys?
I will continue to ponder . . .
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