Yippee!!! It's February!!!

That almost rhymed. Teeheehee.

So, despite the fact that "February" means my term papers are due in 1 month, I am totally stoked that it's February.

February is a really cool month. And greatly underappreciated. But my obsession with it probably makes up for it. Why do I like February so much?

Lots of reasons! For one thing, I'm not a big fan of January. It's just a hard month to get through. First you have the after-Christmas slump, and then there are no exciting holidays, and you have to go back to school/work/the real world and it's cold and gray and... you get the point. Only good thing about January this year is that in January, the days noticeably get longer again in Berlin, which is very comforting after the depressing darkness that falls in December.

Also, I really really like Valentine's Day. Like, a lot. Which most people think is kinda weird. Well, not most, but a lot. But Valentine's Day is the best non-religious holiday ever. "Significant other" or no "significant other", I can't help loving a holiday that celebrates red and pink (2 of my favorite colors), chocolate, and flowers, and love, and hugs. :) It just makes me happy. And because Valentine's Day is in February, the whole month of February just acquires this happy pinkish-ness for me. In my mental calendar, the whole month is colored pink.

Thirdly, my "spiritual birthday" (when I became a Christian) is in February, which is a cool milestone for me. This year I turn 3!

Fourthly, after February comes March. March means daffodils bloom (my favorite flower), my birthday, the beginning of spring, and then after that comes Easter. My dad always says he "lives on the slope of the curve"--i.e., it's not about where you're at, but where you're going. For me, January is pretty much a flat-bottom slump. But in February, the slope increases quite rapidly.

And thus, I am very happy that it is February.