How much do I LOVE the SUN? Again, today, a beautiful sunny day did so much for my spirit. It has certainly been a hard week, as I have shared, but today, the bright sun buoyed me through. It was pretty chilly, even, but it just didn't matter, because there was SUN!

And you know, people in Upstate NY hear so much about how the snow must be the thing that just drags them down, but I want to go on record and say, it's not the snow. We live in upstate New York, and we get a LOT of it. We anticipate it, worry about it, and deal with it constantly. It is, at the very least, the opener of most conversations from December - March. We complain and complain and complain, and I will not make any excuses for myself, I am right there with the complainers complaining away. But it is not the snow, it is the lack of the SUN that gets us into those winter blahs. The same thing can happen in the spring, summer and fall months. Blahs come then as well. Remember last summer, and how cold and rainy it was? Remember days and days with very little sun? I rest my case.

One of my "lines" that I joke about regularly with Tim is, "Hey, that's my tattoo!" It is right up there with "Hey, that's my book" and "Hey, I am really into ___________ right now!" Now, I have no issues with tattoos, am not afraid of the pain, but the thing is, I might have gotten married at 22, but other than that, I have a really hard time with commitment. Therefore, I just can't imagine what I could commit to having inked on my body for the REST OF MY LIFE. Today, I could almost say, "Hey, the sun! THAT'S my tattoo!"