Happy Equinox
Happy Spring, everyone!

About flippin' time. Arg. Imbolc actually means something in other areas; here it's just an excuse to go sledding or have a barbecue in the snow.

Been feeling a bit down lately. This winter just drags on and on and on, the snow won't melt and it's warm one day then frigid the next and have I mentioned I AM SO SICK OF WINTER.

All Snakes Day/ St. Paddy's was okay, had some people over, lots of food and bad movies... missed the old crowd, missed my parrot that died five years and a day ago, missed being employable and having money...

Been fighting depression, my own and my husband's. Feeling ineffectual and confused a lot, indulging in avoidance behaviors, working on creative projects unlikely to go anywhere, trying to get up to speed with some computer design languages like PHP and CSS, which is an exercise in frustration anyway. Arg. It's winter's rotting end, when the dog shit and dead things surface.

I should go to bed. This is just self destructive, staying up this late and...

So anyway. Planning on getting out to one of the river parks Saturday, do some observance, hope not so much for a "sign" of some kind as for a bit of perspective. Or at least a reminder I won't always be stuck in a stuffy house with all the blinds pulled so that would-be robbers can't see inside.