Coping With February
Last week, when my husband asked if I wanted to go visit friends in Cold Lake, AB., a 7 plus hour drive, the answer was, “I really don’t think so.” I couldn’t picture myself wanting to go anywhere in this weather. But here we are, it is -26C outside. All the back windows of the car are completely frosted up, and we’ve been on the road for over 2 hours already. It’s only 8am. A drive by picture, about 1/2 hour from Cold Lake, AB We plan to arrive at our destination at about 2pm, 1pm AB time. It’s great when the time change works in your favor. Although, I doubt I’ll feel that way around 10pm tonight. Anyway, back to my point of not wanting to go anywhere. I would have chosen to stay home, and continue on with the depression I’ve been stuck in for about 6 weeks now. I think most people would describe my state of mind as ‘light depression’. But my husband, poor dear, gets the brunt of it, and he has been the one to help me see that I’ve been down in the d