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Several of my friends have been bashing the month of February this week.  It’s cold, snowy, and not-quite spring. While I totally sympathize with those suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder, I feel I’ve got to stick up to those grumpy-Gusses for my favorite month of the year. So here are my reasons why February is Fun-uary!
1) It’s short – like me! And that makes it fun-sized. Every other month is 30 or 31 days, except February, which has 28 days except on leap years when there’s 29 days in the month, but that won’t happen again until 2012 and the world is supposed to end then anyway so it won’t matter, but what was I saying? The point is, February is a month that keeps you on your toes and rockets you on through the year just a little faster than all the other (slow) months.
2) Drink up! February is chock full of holidays, and that means more excuses to throw a party. February’s got Groundhogs Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day (or, Singles Awareness Day), President’s Day, Fat Tuesday, the Chinese New Year, Purim, my birthday – All the best drinking holidays! And usually, when there’s a holiday, there’s a sale at the liquor store.
3) It’s sporty. As mentioned, Super Bowl Sunday usually happens right at the top of February.  Also, there’s always great Hockey games to watch and high school & collegiate wrestling wraps up their seasons.  Basketball fans start to see their March Madness  brackets shape up, and baseball nuts start getting their pre-season scouting reports.  Winter sports fans can still get their fill of skiing, snowboarding & sledding; and last-but-not-least, the Winter Olympics provides us with two solid weeks of random sports, like curling.
4) It still has that “new year” smell.  2010 hasn’t been tamed just yet – there’s still ample time for taking chances, cashing in on opportunity, and making new plans.  It doesn’t matter if you haven’t quite stuck to your new year’s resolution, because it’s not too late to start in February! In fact, I say that February is the best time for making changes because February is for realists, and January is for idealists!
Those are some of the many reasons why I think February rocks.  I’m just doing my part to end month-discrimination here.