Eternal January

Is it just me, or does January seem to last forever? I feel like this month should be over already!! I think it is because it starts on New Years (yeah I know, duh... but stick with me) and at that time you are still in the holiday spirit, probably on vacation and just not in the normal routine. And yet, it is still the same month that we are in today, and it is only 22 days later!! It isn't even close to being done. I used to really hate January in Massachusetts because it was always so cold and so dark, like one continuous freezing night with a few light hours that you looked at through the window but didn't venture out to, thus really feeling never- ending. (don't worry, I already know I could never live in Alaska) All I am saying is just give some days to February, already!! I figured there was a possibility that I may be solo on my thoughts and observations, but not so... Some guy has determined through some self-derived equation that today, Monday, January 22, is actually the most depressing day of the year. Now I wouldn't go that far, but he made up this fancy equation that calculated how many days it had been since the holidays and how much money we are in debt compared to what we paid and how long we have in the future to look forward to something new. Seems that his equation always figures some Monday in late January to be a pretty depressing day. I can't believe that he is actually getting credit for this and that his name is known to the msn internet people of the world. It's just what I have been thinking all along... January, just roll on through, we have other things to do...