This Is The Worst Time Of The Year

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This time of year is fucking miserable. I hate it. In the six or so weeks from the Super Bowl to when baseball starts up, I am much more likely to feel down. It's not just the lack of sports I like. It's the shitty weather when we are all ready tired of winter. The novelty of snow is gone. By February, it's only a nuisance. If you live in the Northeast, every day feels gray. 

Part of the issue for me personally is I'm not a college basketball fan. I'll watch March Madness but it's just not something I get that excited for. But even if you love One Shining Moment, can we agree that February sucks ass? Can I least have that?

I'm also dumb enough to have spent the great majority of my life in cold weather places despite being built like a poorly maintained scarecrow. I get cold very easily. I'll take another shower when I get home some days just to warm up. I have dreams of when I retire to live in San Diego, Arizona or somewhere warm. It's crazy that there are places in this country that never go below 50 degrees and we openly choose not to live there.

The only positive is that once you get past the Super Bowl, you are closer to the end of winter than the beginning. I don't believe it when people say that like days like today more than a hot, sunny July day. I get being sweaty and sticky isn't great but there's a reason why so many more people are willingly outside then. If you don't think February is the worst month, then what is? The only one that's even close is March because your mind tells you that March = spring but it's still shitty 80% of the month.

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It's so fucking depressing. This week is going to miserable out. So will next week…and the week after that. Football is over. There are so few distractions or things to look forward too. My favorite baseball simulator (Out Of The Park) comes out on March 14th. The Oscars is March 2nd. I do like watching that. Other than those things, I don't have much to look forward to until Opening Day.

Spring Training is boring as fuck. Anyone who gets excited about Truck Day or any aspect of Spring Training is a liar (unless you live in Florida or Arizona and can actually go to these games). It's dreadful baseball where even the players don't give a shit. Why should we care when they don't? The Winter Meetings are much more exciting than Spring Training. This is the worst part of the off-season.

One of these days, I'll smarten up and finally move. The only that that would ever make this horrific month better is if I could go outside and enjoy the weather. Once, I do move, I'll immediately be happier and wonder why it took several decades to make this move.