Hibernation

I'm not very good in winter, I feel like just getting up in the mornings when it's dark and cold and even snowing is a very un-natural act indeed. I think I should take up winter hibernation. I know it's not really the done thing but I'd not be averse to working slightly longer hours in the warmer months and then hibernating in the winter season. Maybe not total hibernation, just staying indoors and perhaps working from home would work well enough. 

(Note to self. Must mention this idea to my boss in my next appraisal...)

Right now i'm sat curled up on the sofa with my laptop. The cat is curled up by the fire... all is well appart from that nagging thought in the back of my head telling me that I'd better get to bed because i've got work again tomorrow.  Oh well, life must go on. At this time of year I find myself merely going through the motions of life & work, I'm looking forward to whatever breaks I can see coming up... I've not got a holiday booked until the very end of march. Andy, just yesterday,  asked in hope when the next bank holiday weekend was. I had to tell him it wasn't until April and the look on his face said it all. Hurry up, i'm knackered already hehehe.

Today the world has however had an injection of hope in the inauguration of Barack Obama as America's new president.  I've had quite a negative impression of America in the past few years. I've felt like it was a bit like a school bully nation. Holding other countries to ransom if they didn't hold the same beliefs. They also seemed to thrive on a diet of fear. The public seemed to be kept in a constant state of alert and paranoia, thinking anywhere could be the next terrorist target, which could only really have had a negative effect. And then there's the financial situation which had taken root there and spread to the rest of the world. I think with Obama they will have a very different/fresh role model whom they can look to for some new inspiration and a brighter outlook and I look forward to seeing him make the positive changes the country needs to get the world back on it's side. 

Oh well, time presses on and I'm really too tired to be rambling on on here. I hope it doesn't snow in the night or that it snows so hard that we can't actually get out of the house.  Right now, I need sleep!