Relative Something

I am back where the brisk breeze of winter is bringing extreme cold to the region and am hoping that our little jaunt to warmer climes has done little to alter my ‘thickened’ blood. Yes, I dearly love the wintertime and snowy wonderland, but that doesn’t mean I don’t also appreciate the feeling of having warm water sooth my entire being while sunshine bathes us all under a beautiful sky. It doesn’t hurt when the pleasant atmosphere is combined with freedom from the demands of a couple days worth of backlogged work, but I’m willing to overlook that complication. While I slog through the piles of work on my desk, I am going to pretend I am still on the patio in Florida. While the broadcast meteorologists are ranting and raving over how dangerously cold it might get, I am going to imagine the palms swaying in the breeze and the gulls exploring shells in the sand on the beach. I will visualize that I am eating my lunch beside the pool and a water fountain is spraying the pond in the distance. Watch out for alligators!