January...16 days done, 15 more to endure

January is NOT my favorite month, in fact, I think it's my least favorite.  It's kind of anti-climactic to have the Christmas and New Years holidays, only to go straight into a long, dark, cold month without an actual holiday to speak of (No offense MLK Day, but I still have to go to work).  Everyone takes down all their fun Christmas lights, I leave home in what is almost still dark, I come home in the dark, and to top it off, we've always got a fantastically strong inversion going on that makes it seem cloudy most of the day and keeps it cold in the valleys.  Luckily, I have several family members that have birthdays in January that help to add some celebration (thanks to Fabi, Dad, Julia, and Randy to name a few).  Hooray for being halfway through already!