So long, January!

I can’t say I’m sorry to see January 2014 in my rearview mirror.

It did go fast, if only because there was so much going on that individual days mostly didn’t mean much.

There was the two weeks lost with the awful cold - two weeks for each of us.

About half of the month had days cold enough to make this January the 9^th coldest since they’ve kept records.

Then the furnace stopped working during the single-digit days. We managed to keep the house no colder than 55, with a couple of space heaters. The HVAC man got it at least temporarily fixed. So we’ll probably replace it in the spring.

And there was the stupid 1.5” of snow that paralyzed the city on a Tuesday afternoon and closed the schools for the rest of the week. It wasn’t as bad as Atlanta, but only in comparison because of the numbers of people and vehicles involved.

The son of a friend had surgery to remove a brain tumor. Another friend had a small stroke.

So long, January! You won’t be missed.