The winter holiday breaks ☃️

I have never particularly liked the long holiday weekends during the winter away from work. Be it the Christmas Holiday, New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day, the weather is rarely nice out but instead winter conditions dominate – often deep snow, icy roads, cold, blustery weather. What seems like a free bonus from work, namely holiday time which you don’t have to charge against your Vacation or Personal Time, really is a bit of a drag as it’s hard to get away and spend time in wilderness without embracing the cold.

In many years I try to pick up a new skill like learning a new programming language, redesigning my blog, electronics or other activities. Or I spend it reading and learning about a new topic, something that is all the more easy to do when so many free library resources are out there for use. But still it’s a drag, as unless summer holidays, it’s not easy to get out of town into the remote country, be laying in the hammock, hiking, bike riding and seeing new places. It seems so stuck back at home. And really kind of a boring waste of time, trying to stay warm while passing the time until spring time.