The month of February usually doesn’t get to me, but this year it’s been a long trudge. Some of it is good stuff, some is just difficult. Three talks on campus, the diss prospectus, a new prep, an old prep that has unexpectedly changed due to low enrollment, and various proposals have kept me busy. But there also seem to be no end to Big Issues to deal with in my personal life: depositions in the ankle lawsuit, significant health problems for a family member, an unwanted phone call, tax season, and other things. (What, you didn’t know about some of those? Sorry, but this is probably all I’ll say about them.)

So I’ve been entertaining myself by posting pictures of my socks on the Internets, working on a long nonfiction essay, and reading more Irving in the evenings. That works well for me right now. The largest February snowstorm since 1891 is forecast for this weekend, which is awesome. And I’m looking forward to March, which contains my birthday and Spring Break.