Warm & Fuzzy February!

This time of year, here in New England at least, people are in the midst of their winter blues.
It's freezing outside, & every few days there's a threat, if not an actual, snow storm.
The "indoors" hasn't had a breath of fresh air since late October ... the air is so stale!
The furnace grumbles from the basement as it runs nonstop.
Woolly sweaters, warm boots, cocoa's & coffee's, rental movies & good books carry us through.

Everybody dreads February!!
Not me, I happen to like February.
Don't get me wrong, I am definitely a funshine gal ... July & August are my 1st choice, it doesn't get any better than parking myself at the beach but... February, for personal reasons, gives me a real warm & fuzzy feeling.

February is when Dan and I first started dating... 14 years ago!
It's crazy how much time has flown by. I was just reflecting the other day and looked at the facts.
Jarrod was 4, he'll be 19 in April. I was 28 years old & Dan had just turned 43. This year, I will be turning 43 as Dan slowly creeps closer to 60. WOW!

Are we old yet? Sometimes I think so ... but more often than not it feels like only yesterday!!

I remember first meeting Danny ... he was a loan originator for a mortgage co. and I was a loan processor for another mortgage co. ... occasionally both companies worked together. The very first time he walked into my office, my heart skipped a beat, I know that sounds so cliche' but hey ... if your hearts skips a beat theres just no other way of describing that...
IT SKIPPED A BEAT ... maybe even two!!

He rarely came into our office, but when he did.... he looked good, I mean really good.
Damn Good!
Back then he had longer hair, I hate to even say the word, but a "mullet" is what it was, it was longer in the back and curled at the base of his neck into these ringlets that made you wanna run your fingers through them.
He looked so absolutely fabulous in a suit & even better in a pair of jeans.
{I say this "past tense" and shouldn't ... because he still looks so unbelievably fabulous in anything and everything!!}

The long and short of it is... I ended up leaving the company I was with and joined his.
It took no time at all to realize there was a pretty intense attraction between us.

Mr. Casual, Mr. Play it cool, asked me if I felt like having a drink after work one night in February. (Did he think I would say no?) Uhmmm yea?????? Helloooo????
One drink led to an entire evening of sharing our life stories. Before we knew it; it was last call.

As we stepped out into the night we discovered 6 inches of snow had fallen and was still coming down to beat the band. I am no fan of snow but this snow was so beautiful & sparkly... maybe I was so sparkley... who knows?
Anyhow... We started our cars and while they warmed up we cleaned them off... this was it, the night was over. I feared I'd never see him again, I did not want the night to end!

He was sitting in his drivers seat with his door open as we said our good-byes.

Only God knows what came over me next...but I leaned in for the kill!
ME!!
Where were my manners?

I kissed him like tomorrow would never come... I knew right then... Danny was the one...and to hell with manners!!

So needless to say, even in the middle of the winter blues & a blustery snowstorm... February still gives me a real warm & fuzzy feeling!!