Hazy shade of winter

This is my first blog entry of 2008. It's not for lack of things to say. It's that Winter has seduced me into its Downy-fresh lair, where food, drink, and napping are bountiful. In Winter's comfy den of flannel sheets and fluffy pillows, I can have as many chocolate bars, Stellas, and episodes of "Family Guy" as I want. Winter lets me relax in a warm, cosy chair for hours on end. It doesn't care whether I say or do anything. I do not need to look good in a bathing suit to make it happy. It doesn't care whether I work out. And it does not judge me for eating the 5 pounds of Cadbury's I brought from London--the 5 pounds that have now been added to my body and that I will panic over losing when the days start getting longer. Oh crap! Spring is coming in less than 6 weeks!