Doldrums

January and February have always been the doldrums of the year to me.  Due to my passion for snow sports, I find myself barraged with conflicting desires during these months.  Turbulent weather patterns seem to die off with the end of the holiday rush leaving me both desperate for snow and longing for warm weather.  The fact that Vegas is a mere 6 hours away doesn’t help anything either.  It’s not that I want to gamble—Tara and I just want to go enjoy the 70 degree weather.  Worst of all, I planned on using these slower months to makes some major headway on my goal of 100 posts on AbsolutelyAndrew this year, but my muse seems to have flown south as well!  And so, while the slopes get icier and icier, here is a list of things that make these doldrums a little bit brighter.

1.  Sundance Film Festival—We’re seeing 3 films this year: A shorts program and 2 premiers.  Still haven’t seen a major celeb, but that’s OK.  I will also boast that last year we saw Blue Valentine which has several Oscar nominations (I think).

2.  Swing Dancing at BYU for only $3—Thank God for Mormons and their dancing.

3.  Incredible State of the Union Address—Sure, Joe Biden looked kind of like a doofus with that ridiculous grin, but I probably looked the same.

4.  President’s Day—I actually have it off this year!!  We’ll be snowshoeing in Bryce Canyon.

5.  Red Box movies on our new TV.

6.  Hulu on our new TV.

7.  Victoria’s Secret Semi Annual Sale—No details necessary.

8.  Rock Climbing Gyms—thanks to Groupon, we’ll be doing a decent amount of climbing this winter.  We’ve been once so far.  Tara’s practically a natural!

9.  Nightskiing after work—me and another guy at work have night season passes.  This would be way better if it would FRIGGIN SNOW, but it’s still fun.

10.  Home Projects—Always rewarding and so much easier to do when it’s cold outside.  We are currently in the process of setting up a “den” in the basement.  This basically involves procuring a decent-looking carpet remnant for a fair price and moving the TV down there—nothing too major.