It's 55 degrees here in the Northeast today - a week after the official start of winter. If global warming continues at this pace, we will not need to plan a retirement in the South, since scientists say we will have the same climate in Boston that is currently enjoyed in Atlanta within a few more years.
It would really annoy me if we had taken a post Christmas vacation to escape the winter blues - and then to read in the morning paper that my $200 a day resort hotel room was only a few degrees warmer than my humble New England abode. Half the fun of a winter vacation is hoping that your friends and neighbors back home are envious that you are enjoying unfettered sunshine while they are freezing their collective butts off back home. I received an e-mail from a friend who was complaining about being bored after only 2 days on a 4 day cruise ship near the Florida keys. She says, "I can't see the difference between a cruise ship and being locked up in the New York Hilton for 4 days sitting at the same table, with the same people at the same time for dinner every night." Poor thing. Her real problem is that she is not food oriented. How can you justify a cruise ship if you aren't interested in eating five times a day! No sympathy from me. Cave-in and hit the midnight buffet!
Anyhow, after several weeks of snow/ice blocked sidewalks, one can now venture forth for an invigorating walk. I need the exercise, lord knows. The continued positive economic news probably means that there will be a lot of opportunities opening up as 2004 rolls out. I have a new suit, I got new socks for Christmas, I'm positive and ... hungry. What's for lunch?
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