WTF??!!

Someone just mentioned that we only have a few short months til winter. WTF?! We just had a killer frost about a week ago!


Yes, it's true, only four short months until we will have a fire going again. I know that's only October, but yes, around here, that will be when the temps drop, at least at night, into the freeze zone.

Four months. I just can't get my head around that one. I knew summer was short here, but I've never really put a number on it. I know, I know: It's much shorter in other areas. But that's not for me. I can't wait to move south. As much as I love our place (and it's almost done, darn it!), I just can't take much more winter.

I don't even have the garden done yet. I still have a lot of plants to get out, and then a ton of other outdoor summer projects, and I'm supposed to start thinking about firewood?? AUUUUUGGGGHHHHH!!!!

But I'll get over it, I suppose. It's just the initial shock of realizing that summer, at least here, is so short and winter is already looming. Oh, and the fact that my respite from firewood has been brief, to say the least.

I guess now I understand why so few people choose to lead a more self-sufficient lifestyle. I don't mind the work, but all of that in addition to a 'real job'...yikes. Thankfully, I'll be done with my seasonal job soon enough to concentrate on the dreaded F word (firewood), and put up the garden harvest. I hope.