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Does winter get longer every year?

Thanks to recent bouts of warmth, oif you can call 50 degree weather warm, the snow is all but gone. The salt isn't, which I am reminded of not soon after pulling away from the car wash, only to notice after a quick drive..even if it's a close as going home gets new crap on the car.

And alas, there are still two humps to get over...One is my birthday, less than a month away wihich hopefully won't be as dismal as last year (but I'm not getting my hopes up), and, V Day.

Valentine's Day. Might as well be D-day in my book. NO date, no grabby ex I'm hiding from, no nothing. I am in a deep rut there. I guess I can be grateful for that, but lately loneliness bites. Hardly anyone to go out with (why am I the only single person I know??) NO one to come home to after a long day of work...and god those have been long lately. SHeesh, show any bit of competence and you're leaned upon, excel and you're fucking doomed. I don't think I;'ve had Saturday under 9 hrs since Xmas, either from weather or mail volume or saving someone else's ass or all of that!

And on top of this fun, I lose my damn cell phone!! Verizon is going to bend my ass over to replace the damn thing. Argh...

Seriously, if I wasn't painting for the first time in months, I'd probably gone mad or killed myself this week. Thank god for art.