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The last few days I’ve heard people mention cabin fever.

For years I’ve wondered exactly what cabin fever is.

As a teen, my brothers would see the slightest melting trend, and they would develop "cabin fever".  Soon the crocuses popped out of the soil, and they would pop out of the house until another winter set in.

Then there were those horrible B rated films where "cabin fever"  seemed to always take place in sod shacks with small windows, set in a single room filled with smoke and no one around to provide company to the maniac trapped in the shack.  The  fake 3D effects of the film would then show the room starting to pulsate and finally everything explodes. 

According to these observations, I don’t have cabin fever. 

Of course, the highlight of my week may well be an hour of physio tomorrow — stretching, and groaning and climbing the wall.  

If that’s the highlight of my week . . .

From my Scrooge meanderings!!!

Four Canadian provinces have holidays today. 

One, Manitoba, has named theirs after a convicted criminal who is being rehabilitated in the eyes of the public (Louis Riel).  Not that other convicted criminals have not had holidays named after them (Christmas??).  These types of holidays tend to have controversy surrounding them. 

On the other hand, three provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, have named their holiday "family day". 

Now, get this!  We are in a country where "snow days" mean kids stay home from school — often with parents or possibly with sitters.  The weather can be known to dip to below comfortable levels.  No one goes anywhere — and even if they wanted to the car probably wouldn’t start.  For the months of January and February you can expect the nuclear family gets to see lots of each other — more by accident than design.

So, now, by design, we are going to add another "family day" to the calendar. 

Might be easier to call it a mental health day — at least you can do your own thing, lock yourself up, and get some rest.  But, no, we have to call it a "family day."  If  the other family days in the two coldest months of the year haven’t already killed you, let’s try another one.  If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!!

There are good reasons for a February holiday.  Let’s just not call it anything!  Bah, Humbug!!!

Here it is — looks a lot like Day 21.  But the sun went down a little later and came up a bit earlier.  If you aren’t taking time to measure progress, you’d never know.  You should see what my knees can do!!

At 6:00 I’m up to get ice packs and take medication.  At 8:30 I’m up once again to start some exercises. 

In those 2 1/2 hours my one knee feels out of sorts.  The only thing I can think of is that I turned on my side to rest for a bit — with a pillow inbetween my knees.  But perhaps in rolling over I hit something.

So today is spent in exercising as much as I can.  Seems that pushing the muscles loosens them up and let’s things get back into place.  I’m half way through the day — I’m walking a bit gingerly but at least I’m up and walking.

Always that delicate balance — when your life encounters a rollover, don’t lay down and die — keep going!!