Posts Tagged With: February

Day 3696: Ready

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Ann Koplow

Now that I’ve taken a photo of today’s Daily Bitch Calendar and located a list of the daily holidays, I’m ready to create this blog post.

At this point in my life, I’d like to believe that I’m ready for anything with a healthy balance of preparation and spontaneity.

This week I’m ready for (1) the plumbers to come in and work on the upstairs bathroom and (2) my yearly presentation to social work students about my Coping and Healing groups. I’m ready to respond to any challenges that may arise and I’m ready to try my best to appreciate every moment. I’m also ready to believe that even if I don’t feel ready, I’m ready enough.

Are you ready for my images for today?

Because I had COVID, I wasn’t ready to have my annual Sorry! Game on my birthday. Last night, I was ready to play with my camera shy husband Michael, my son Aaron, and his father/my ex-husband Leon.

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Because it’s Madly in Love with Me Day and Self-Love Day, I’m ready to share my original song “I Left the House Before I Felt Ready.”

I’m also ready to share Prince’s much beloved half-time Super Bowl show, but I wonder if it’s ready-for-sharing online.

It IS ready for viewing (yay!), but you need to click on the link to watch it on YouTube.

So many of us weren’t ready to say goodbye to Prince when he left us in 2016.

I’m ready for your comments and I’m ready to express my gratitude to all who helped me create this “ready” post, including YOU!

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Day 32: February is the coolest month.

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Ann Koplow

I tried different titles for this post.

Examples:

February is the cruelest month. (It can be very icy, cold, and miserable, but T.S. Eliot already grabbed that honor for April.)

February is the shortest month. (Can’t argue with that.)

February is the worst-spelled month. (I mean, come on!  What IS the deal with that goofy silent “r”?)

But I settled on the title “February is the coolest month” for three reasons:

(1) It is quite cold, at least where I live.

(2)  It rhymes with “cruelest” (for a little literary echo).

(3)  For me, it meets the other definition of coolest, because … it’s my birthday month.

And, dear reader,  I DO think that February is the best month — the coolest of them all.  I guess that’s because I’ve managed to separate any negative feelings about aging from my experience of my birthday.

What I’ve done with my fears about aging is to strategically place them elsewhere.  On New Year’s Eve.

New Year’s Eve is when I get all caught up with the passage of time, fears about my own mortality, and all that other fun stuff.  As a result, if I’m going to get moody and freaked out about getting older, I save it up for New Year’s Eve.  Who knows how I’ll feel on December 31 of This Year of Living Non-Judgmentally; in all the  judgmental years leading up to this one, I’ve really disliked it.

So while this strategy may be unfair to an innocent, end-of-year date, it allows me to continue to enjoy my birthday.  Freaking out about where the hell time is going?  New Year’s Eve.  Fun and excitement and the expectation of cake?  That would be my birthday.

I’m glad that  I’ve been able to maintain some consistency of joy each year so far, looking forward to my birthday.

And I’m glad the coolest month is here.

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